one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
final selection (in a competition, match, etc.)
to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head; (lit.) to become a tengu
classic; traditional; orthodox; proper
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
final selection (e.g. of applicants); final screening; shortlisting
just one person; only one
back street; back alley; off-street
quiet; still; surreptitious
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to become muddy; to become slushy
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to become attached; to begin to love
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
tolerance; broad-mindedness
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
novel; original; new; innovative
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to buy a replacement; to replace (with a new purchase)
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom