and yet; though; when; in spite of
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
declaration; proclamation; announcement
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
bodily sensation; sense; experience
selection; choice; option
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
pressure; oppression; suppression
we have a result!; game over!; match!
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
professional sumo wrestling
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
match; game; bout; contest
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
consecutive victories; series of victories
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
already; now; no longer; not any more
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself