scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
great difference; big difference; wide margin
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
clear; precise; definite; distinct
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
100,000,000; one hundred million
many points; many dots; being interspersed in countless numbers
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
end of a match; end of a game
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
wise saying; famous saying
to have (something) innate; to be born with