layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
victory depends on the turn of fortune; winning and losing are both down to luck
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
favourable wind; favorable wind
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
being in love with each other
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
outbreak of war; starting a war
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
reign; being on the throne
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback; going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
hard worker; hardworking person
to stare back at; to look back at
firmly (grasped); latched onto; locked onto
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
one's whole life; one's lifetime
day after day; day by day