to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
hooray!; cheers!; bravo!; loud (e.g. applause); enthusiastic; tumultuous
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
settlement; solution; resolution
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
good performance; good work; great success
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to fall asleep; to sleep deeply
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
along the way; along the road
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
accurate; flawless; perfectly ordered; without deviation
to talk together; to chat together
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
on the occasion of; at the time of
bud; sprout; shoot; opening of a bud
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room