to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
postponement; deferment; adjournment
Twilight of the Gods (music drama by Richard Wagner); Götterdämmerung
end; close; conclusion; termination
general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
to come back; to bloom a second time
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
excess; surplus; exceeding (a limit, estimate, etc.); going over
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
weightlessness; zero gravity
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
lung capacity; breathing capacity; vital capacity
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
(occurring) in a chain reaction; chain-like; sequential
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin