ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
descriptive (narrative) part
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to turn completely into; to become completely
water vapour; water vapor; steam
highest score; highest number of points; top grade; peak altitude; highest point
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
(arch.) archer (esp. a samurai); (arch.) (skilled) archer; (arch.) bowman; (arch.) dominion of a whole province by a military family; bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
quick to seize an opportunity
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
what kind of business; what sort of matter
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
great laughter; burst of laughter
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
disturbance; riot; mayhem
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements