great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
eruption; volcanic eruption
sweating; perspiration; sudation; hidrosis; diaphoresis
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
decrease; reduction; decline
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
perception; sensation; awareness
whatever (the case may be)
to bawl; to cry; to scream
ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
at the same time; at a time; at one time; simultaneously
chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed); musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive