two persons; two people; pair; couple
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
another time; some other time
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
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)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
because of; owing to; due to
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back