steady advance; carrying all before one
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
than; other than; except; but
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
hair (on the head); tresses; locks
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
instruction; direction; briefing
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
crude tactics; smattering of knowledge
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
100,000; hundred thousand
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
right to challenge; right to make a challenge
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
great enterprise; great task
process; course; mechanism
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful