craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
to compete with; to vie for
video game (played on a home console)
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
heresy; heretical teachings; black magic
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
influence; clout; leverage
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
masterpiece; masterwork; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
that day; the very same day
antiquity; the previous era
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
rival; competitor; competition
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
on bad terms; at loggerheads
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story); rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
match; game; bout; contest