usurpation; taking back; dispossession
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
urbanization; urbanisation
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
loud shout; excited cheering
to cut corners; to be shoddy
region; limits; stage; level
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability