it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
do-or-die game; crucial contest
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
match; game; bout; contest
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to watch over; to watch attentively
game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
in comparison to; rather than
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
reopening; resumption; restarting
dribble (of a ball or puck); dribbling
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to unfold; to unroll; to open
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate