lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
thereupon; shortly thereafter
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
a set of three bouts; three-game match; three-bout contest
hooting; jeering; heckling
not worth considering; out of the question
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
rival; competitor; competition
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
consecutive victories; series of victories; winning streak
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to get distracted; to jump off the track
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
regret; repentance; remorse
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
tips of one's hair; hair ends
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
several times; a few times
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)