alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
mature; becoming precocious
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
lump together; put all together
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
outrider; herald; rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
password; watchword; motto; slogan
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
excited condition; excited state
calming down; quieting down
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest