not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stock; tag verifying one has permission to take plants and trees from common land (Edo period)
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
vacant room; vacancy; unoccupied room; empty room
ending up right back where one started
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
written word; written language
smoothly; easily; readily
lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
French; French food; French cuisine
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
time limit; time restriction
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto); Jetavana Monastery (India) (abbr); Jetavana-vihara; Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto) (abbr); Gion Festival (abbr); Gion
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
big problem; major issue; big controversy
verification; confirmation; on-site inspection (by a judge, investigator, etc.) to gather physical evidence; verification
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
volume (sound level); volume; bulk; volume (book); volume (storage area); potentiometer
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)