to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
just the other day; quite recently
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
as one had hoped; as one wishes
(turned out) all right in the end
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest; (arch.) mental derangement; (arch.) madness; (arch.) insanity
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
as you can imagine; as imagined
knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
they; those guys; those fellows
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
(not) even once; (not) ever
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
on and after; from ... onward; since