gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
my personal (e.g. opinion)
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
first attack; first strike; first blow
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
every person; each one; everybody
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
softy; pushover; wishy-washy person
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
to form a pair; to pair up
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
hunting ground; hunting preserve
absence of permission; lack of permission; absence of (advance) notice; lack of notice
chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed); musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage
gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
showing one's face in public; facing another person