account of a (sports) game
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
retention; maintenance; preservation
battle formation; military formation
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
captured piece that can be reused; person or object held in reserve; available means
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
cease-fire; truce; armistice
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
all over Japan; throughout Japan
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
cooking; food preparation
first-rate; finest quality; the best
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to be particular about one's food; to have a discriminating palate