upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
as much as one can take or carry away
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
fish-based cooking; fish dish
mask; disguise; guise; mask
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
layering (clothing); wearing one garment over another
attaching the familiar suffix "-chan" to somebody's name
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
hooting; jeering; heckling
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
sense of duty (obligation)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to grumble; to make difficulties
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
extraterrestrial life; ET
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
to watch what one says; to mind one's language
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous