(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
otherwise; or else; if not
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
chief umpire; referee (soccer, boxing, etc.)
greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
quarrel; dispute; argument
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis); kākā
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
famous; well-known; renowned; your name