performing solo; having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)
to find a solution (after struggle)
Children's Day (national holiday; May 5)
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
carp streamer; carp banner
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
phonograph record; gramophone record
Western (film genre); Western music (North America); country and western music
dichlorodiphenyl-trichloro-ethane; DDT
central control room; main control room
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
indulgent to (one's) children
one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
to ease (sewing garments); to shirr
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets
fighting spirit (in sport); tenacity
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
in this case, it does not apply; this case is an exception
legal means; legal methods; legal measures
to come to a mutual understanding; to cancel mutually (contract, etc.)
now available (e.g. for sale); now showing (e.g. film, exhibition)
slightly early; just before