ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
exaltation; emotional uplift
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
great war; great battle; world war
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
day of month; counter for days
audience; spectator; spectators
dozens; scores of; decades
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to repeat; to do something over again
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
process; course; mechanism
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
most part; greater part; majority
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome