rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
rebellious phase; rebellious age
for your information; I'm telling you
to try all possible means
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
these guys; these fellows
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
feeling elated; being excited; high spirits
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility