ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
one's manner (attitude) when losing; one's way of losing
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
new student; freshman; first-year student
birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
starting line; starting point
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
track meet; athletic event for recording official times
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to come to one's senses; to calm down
crouch start (in a sprint)
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off