hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
sense of color; sense of colour
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
rewriting; rewrite; fair copy
repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)
opposite side; other side; other party
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
spread; span; expanse; extent
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
personnel cut; labor cut; labour cut
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
(an individual's) way of playing mahjong; mahjong tactics
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
to pray for the repose of somebody's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
all things in nature; Creation; the Creator; Maker
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
zest for living; energy to live