mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
overall victory; championship
prize money; monetary award; reward
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
even though it is not; despite not
to be fated to; be linked by fate
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
frequency (of occurrence)
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains; a series of disasters
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
to be saved up (of money)
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
chief; main; principal; important
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
reopening; resumption; restarting
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
foreign; abroad; overseas