substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
determination; resolution
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
directions; instructions; orders; command
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
hooting; jeering; heckling
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to object; to protest; to speak; to say; (arch.) hello!; (arch.) is anyone home?
to keep a watchful eye on
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
succeeding; following; trailing; next
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to poke each other; to jab each other
to fall; to drop; to fail (an exam); to lose (a contest, election, etc.); to be unsuccessful
one by one; one after another; successively
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
unable to back out; unable to withdraw; unable to stop; unable to compromise
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation