head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
senior high school student
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
morning training (e.g. before school)
more than usual (usu. time)
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
to change (one's clothes)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
the West; the Occident; Western countries
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
grandfather; male senior-citizen
what is called; what they call; so-called
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants
dried squid; dried cuttlefish
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to someone's name
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
oracle; revelation; divine message
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
art of self-defense (defence)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial