advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
unexpected result; upset; surprise
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
many; much; plenty; hardly
to win and advance to the next round
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to understand (each other); to comprehend
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way