place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
24th day of the month; 24 days
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
(some) more; even more; longer; further
hiding one's embarrassment
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
focus (of a camera, microscope, etc.); focus (of attention, efforts, etc.); photographing (someone) secretly; focus (in a graphical user interface); forecast (bet)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
imagination; supposition; guess
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
failure; mistake; blunder
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...