to be a match for; to rival; to be equal to
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
first half of the game or match
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
outbreak of war; starting a war
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to book a seat; to take a seat
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
employment (long term); hire
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to win favour; to win favor
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
surrounding at a distance
root; source; origin; cause
identifiable; personalized
sorry to bother you, but ...
common front; united front
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid