in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
beforehand; in advance; previously
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole
wounded person; injured person
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty