vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
first match (in a series)
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
encouragement; backing; reinforcements
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
left-and-right pair; symmetrical pair
to jump at; to be attracted by
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
to fly apart; to tower over; to be out of the ordinary
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
(distant) howling; backbiting
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
normalcy; normality; normal
tail (animal); tail end; tip
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
likely loss; probable defeat
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
protracted war; war of attrition
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
sole sword; unarmed but for a sword
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater