owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
apparently; appears to be
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
offensive camp; team at bat
to fight; to exchange blows
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
criticism; critique; review; commentary
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
scorer (goals, runs, etc.)
loser; defeated person; the defeated
traditional; conventional
such; this sort of; like this
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to ask a question; to ask questions
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
victory or defeat; victory and defeat