chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to set one's sights on; to take aim (at); to have one's mind on
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
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)
split; division; break up
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
bet; wager; stake; gamble
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to fall flat; to fall face down
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
root; source; origin; cause
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
spread; span; expanse; extent
another dimension; different level; whole other level
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up