expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
punt (in rugby, American football, etc.)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
poor (academic) performance; poor (business) results (showing)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while