surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
hegemony; leadership; initiative
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
choice; selection; option
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
thought; consideration; thinking
more than anything; above all else
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to bring back; to restore
not taking the slightest notice (of); not giving the slightest consideration (to); paying absolutely no attention (to)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to accept; to receive; to agree
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
without; but if; otherwise; or else
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
single-lens reflex camera; SLR
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
rope; cord; policeman's rope
binding tightly; tight binding; (sexual) bondage
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)