favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
protest; refutation; pleading
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
moron; idiot; stupid person
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
together; at the same time; same; identical
plainly; clearly; vividly
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
cushion; pillow; mattress
naturally; of course; understandably
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
right of succession; right to the throne
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
investiture of the Crown Prince
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
from the viewpoint of; according to
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin