victory or defeat; match; contest; game
aggression; invasion; raid
passage; path; route; one's way
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
penalty kick; psychokinesis; parkour
to become misty; to become hazy
representative; exemplary; model
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
trivial; not amounting to much
everywhere; all over; throughout