now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to repeat; to do over again
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
the other day; a few days ago
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
commandant; commanding officer; general
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
strategist; tactician; schemer
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
to unfold; to unroll; to open
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
restitution; damages; indemnity; compensation
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears
personal feelings; self-interest
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame