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endgame; final stage

4

rent-a-; rental

19

running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink

8

DoD

10

to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on

4

one thing or another; this and that; something or another

1

salary; wages; pay

3

employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits

1

government worker; public servant; civil servant

1

modern society

1

worthy of; worth doing; worth having

1

strong point

1

to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

1

to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat

1

leather bag

1

to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect

1

being a fan of; being a supporter of; pushing for; one's favourite (member of an idol group, character in an anime, player in a team, etc.)

1

softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

1

to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat

2

partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around

1

detonation velocity; velocity of detonation; VOD; extreme speed; explosive speed

1

start; beginning

2

Lavie

1

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

1

thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

2

grooming oneself (esp. animals); mutual grooming (e.g. monkeys); social grooming; personal grooming

1

(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support

4

favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title

2

championship race; struggle for victory

4

motion

1

death (of a person)

1

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

2

the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage

3

going off course; going out of bounds

2

first runner (in a relay race); top-class runner; vanguard (of a person); front line; top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance)

1

second place

3

good results

1

third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

2

slow-footed

1

finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course

1

expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

1

gambler; risk taker

1

wooden tag

1

breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure

1

vulgar; crude; tacky

1

healthy; sound; wholesome

3

depreciation; decline; fall; slump

1

contest of strength; trial of strength

1

snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...

1

gambling house; gaming room; gambling den

1