battle royal (pro wrestling); battle royale (game genre)
free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory
loud shout; excited cheering
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
practice; practising; experience
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
overall victory; championship
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
unfair practices; wrongdoing; malpractice; cheating; foul play
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
notice; notification; report; posting
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacnidae); giant clam shell
falsely similar; counterfeit
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
straight-laced person; stubborn person
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
job title; name of one's position