attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
friendship; goodwill; friendly relations; amity
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
overall victory; championship
to become famous; to gain fame
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
application; request; petition
leading male role in kabuki
to some extent; to a certain extent
coming out; emerging; being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)
triple time; three important requisites
quadruple time; four-four time; common time; the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
choices; alternatives; options
excellent; very good; exultant; elated
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
silence; stillness; quietness
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
people; citizens; subjects; folk
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to be reminded of; to call to mind
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf