not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
virtue; charm; merit; good point
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
figure; form; figurine; model figure; figure skating
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
being on the ropes; losing ground
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
signed book; autographed book
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
self-deprecating routine; self-deprecating joke
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
sincere; honest; faithful