close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour
main force; chief object; mainline
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
absorption; suction; attraction
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to be dead; to be lifeless
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to correct oneself; to restate
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
health (concerns, reasons, etc.)
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
poor physical health; bad shape
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
match; game; bout; contest
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
regular game; regular-season game
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
overall victory; championship
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
long (time that has passed); old (story)
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
correlation; interrelation
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious