number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
came here; coming here; recently
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
match; game; bout; contest
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)
sword; blade; single stroke
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to knock down; to utterly defeat
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star; UGM-27 Polaris (nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
popular person; favorite; favourite
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess