to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
environment; circumstance
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
devil; evil spirit; genie
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
explanation; interpretation
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
be (that) as it may; having said that
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to say no more; to sink into silence
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do