now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
good feeling; feeling good
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
sanity; consciousness; soberness
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
family; members of a family
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
solitude; loneliness; isolation
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop