one by one; one after another; successively
Lu Bu (?-199 AD; Chinese general)
to serve; to work for; to attend
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
majestic figure; imposing figure; impressive appearance; magnificent appearance
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
successful person; success
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
stairs; stairway; staircase
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
fast pushing (of a button)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
but; however; provided that