diving; submerging; going underwater
troublesome; bothersome; burdensome
proponent; exponent; advocate
violent explosion; bursting
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to walk (a bicycle, scooter, etc.); to push; to wheel
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to win and advance to the next round
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
technique; art; skill; move
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
ten; 10; ten years of age; (arch.) book containing a collection of poems
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
to badger; to pester; to beg
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate