victory or defeat; match; contest; game
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
history; pedigree; lineage
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to be intimate with; to befriend
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
to subsist; to keep on living
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
life; living; I; me; student
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
rather; better; instead; if anything
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
match; game; bout; contest
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...