(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm
whether or not; presence or absence
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap
balance beam (in gymnastics)
side door; side gate; wicket gate
(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
overhead ladder; horizontal ladder; monkey bars; yunti (scaling ladder used for escalade in ancient China)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
slightly early; just before
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
obstacle race; steeplechase (athletics)
splish-splash; with a splash
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay