decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
company outing; company retreat
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
to become pale; to turn pale
hospitalization; hospitalisation
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
direct unforked road; straight path
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
a country whose laws are based on religious criteria; theocracy
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
to suit one's skin (of cosmetics); to agree with one's skin; to be compatible; to get along well; to be to one's liking
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
indicate reason; infers some protest