game or series of games between the first and second place teams
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
Giants (baseball team); Giant (novel, film)
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
first place; head position; leading position
without cause; without reason
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
separation; farewell; parting
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
innocence; being not guilty
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
when; how soon; how long until
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
surname; family name; last name
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean