misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
by myself; in person; by oneself
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
using all one's strength; using all one's might
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
does not; can not; will not
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
forevermore; for eternity
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort
the last moment; the very end
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
new moon; first day of the lunar month; crescent moon
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
being the sole winner; beating everyone else; winner-take-all; mostly alone; mostly by oneself
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included