(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
on the water; aquatic; waterside; water's edge
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
they; those guys; those fellows
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
hammer; hopeless swimmer; person who can't swim; someone who sinks like a stone
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
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)
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
had better ...; had better not ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to dent; to indent; to depress; to humiliate
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
Regent hairstyle; ducktail; Pompadour
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to whine; to make feeble complaints
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
only; merely; nothing but; no more than