average; mean; balance; equilibrium
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
hotcake; (American) pancake
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
decision; settlement; definition
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude
to spit out; to eject; to dump
one's manner (attitude) when losing; one's way of losing
to happen to have on hand or in stock
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
difference; variation; difference
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
not yet known; unknown; strange
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
to creep about; to crawl around
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance