enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
death match; deathmatch; fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
stopping functioning; being out of service
handing over (of a right, property, etc.); transfer; assignment
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
great swordsman; master fencer
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to permeate
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes