reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
help; assistance; service
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
outrider; herald; rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
long (time that has passed); old (story)
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
trivial; not amounting to much
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
steady advance; carrying all before one
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
defend and maintain; support; protection
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
foreign element; impurity; admixture
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
to run down (stairs, etc.)
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
resentment; indignation; anger
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion