to come back (to); to return to a starting point
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
mass; quality and quantity
the Trinity; three parts; three components; three factors
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to gain a victory; to win
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
induced explosion; secondary explosion
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
to be transparent; to show through
interruption; suspension; break
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
to have an underbite; to have a protruding chin; to be concaved; to have a concave shape
incarnation (of a god, spirit or abstract quality); embodiment; avatar; incarnation; monster role; kumadori worn for a monster role
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
tracing; trail left in the snow (by mountaineers); following (a trail of footprints); trace (of a matrix)
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
excluding the case when; when not
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
level; standard; water level
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes