playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
to tie; to link; to connect; to correlate
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to be opposite; to face each other
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
manner of using one's hands
to push aside; to brush aside
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock
eight (long cylindrical things)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to be too late; to be too slow
tag (children's game); tig
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
history; pedigree; lineage
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)