proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
this point; now; this late in the game
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
winner; victor; conqueror
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
great shame (endured in the public eye); deep embarrassment; profound humiliation; utter disgrace
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
otherwise; or else; if not
base; basis; bedrock; platform
mind-set change; changing one's way of thinking; attitude reform
consequently; as a result
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
(and) many others; extras (in a film)
firm; strong; solid; stable
commitment; pledge; promise
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
how others look at you; what others think about you
sympathy; compassion; pity
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
low-grade fish; cheap fish
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes