tournament; knockout competition
individual; one by one; separate; each
white circle; white star; victory mark; victory
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
prohibition; inhibition; ban
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to be satisfied; to be sated; to be satiated
to glare at each other; to confront each other
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time
return; restoring; return (in tennis, etc.); return (key); return; profit
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion style usually characterized by dyed hair and gaudy clothing; gal; girl; young woman
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
to be itching to put one's skills to use
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
all night long; all through the night
to smear with blood; to kill
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit