favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
(brute) force; using all one's might
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
different culture; foreign culture
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
to escape death; to be saved from death
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to shake one's head (in denial)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
to badger; to pester; to beg
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
treatment (medical, cosmetic, massage, etc.); carrying out (therapy, hypnosis, etc.); practicing; surgical operation; procedure
deciding match; play-off; runoff
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
generously; liberally; magnanimously
to win and advance to the next round
second grade; second step; second act (in jōruri, noh, kabuki, etc.); third highest division; makushita division
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
aspect; phase; phenomenon
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
other; another; over; more than; I; me