player (of a sport); athlete; team member
set of three; three sets; three classes
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
ahead; before; the future
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
lime; quicklime; caustic lime
well done!; nice try!; well fought!
looking away; looking aside
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
fiercely fought contest; close game (match, race, etc.); dead heat
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many