platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
tips of one's hair; hair ends
of no interest; not interested
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
that's the way it is; such is life
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
in that manner; like that
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
series of battles; successive battles
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to be silent; to say nothing
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate