child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
rival; competitor; competition
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
to harvest all of (a crop); to reap completely; to finish cutting (e.g. weeds); to taper (hair) at the back; to cut hair so that it gradually gets shorter at the back of the head
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
rising; ascending; climbing
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
difference; variation; difference
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
and; thereupon; because of that
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
centre of attention; center of attention
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
both (people); the two of them
to burn with combativeness
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me