disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
banknote; bill; note; paper money
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
impossible to do (although wants to)
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
federation of states; confederation of nations
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
core; core; hardcore; all-out
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave