painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
that's the way it is; such is life
failure; mistake; blunder
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
present; gift; to give a present or gift
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
of course; certainly; naturally