to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to fall flat; to fall face down
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
charming; fascinating; attractive
die all together; go to the grave together
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
journey; route of a journey
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
specialization; specialisation
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
arching one's body backwards (like a shrimp); holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backwards like a shrimp (to represent being overwhelmed by someone's power)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
main street; avenue; boulevard
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
to give a glance (at); to take one look at