treaty; pact; convention; agreement
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
strong-style wrestling; pro wrestling as a fighting style
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
to foreshadow; to drop a hint (of things to come); to take precautionary measures; to make contingency plans
unless one ...; if one does not ...
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
conveyor belt; belt conveyor
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
amicable settlement; settling the case leaving no parties dissatisfied
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
casual speech; peer language; informal language
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
overall victory; championship
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
specialist journal; specialized magazine; specialised magazine
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
major label debut (recording)
promotion (e.g. sales, etc.); marketing campaign; campaign (election, membership, enrolment, fund-raising, etc.); drive; military campaign; military action