winner-takes-all (system)
return of something; repayment
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to win and advance to the next round
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
loser; defeated person; the defeated
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
feeling; sense; impression
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
small number; few; minority
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
knowing; (an) acquaintance
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
rampancy; prevalence; domination
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
majority group (party, faction)
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
minority group (party); minority
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
way (of doing); manner; method; means