offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
ability; performance; efficiency
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
High Priestess (Tarot card); Popess
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
as planned; according to plan
to make frantic efforts; to make an all-out effort; to try desperately
extensive; vast range; wide scope
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
stranger; tramp; wanderer
vigilante group; neighborhood watch; self-defense group
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better