obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
poor (academic) performance; poor (business) results (showing)
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
first place; head position; leading position
end; close; conclusion; termination
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
third place; third rank; third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
arranging; ordering; sequence (e.g. DNA sequence); arrangement; array
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
rear right; back right; right and behind
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
to master something (through personal experience)
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
hitting left-handed (with a racket, bat, etc.); hitting to left (field)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness