Vocabulary

to lose; to be defeated; to be beaten

revenge

manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

faction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off

strong person; the strong; the powerful

parallel bars

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

to line up; to stand in a line

88th birthday

wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging

separate; special; another

transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

returned goods; returning purchased goods

lecturer; rhetorician; orator

protective trade

pasturage; grazing

to sew; to stitch

scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick

true meaning; underlying principle

official sumo tournament (six per year); Grand Sumo Tournament; honbasho

in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time

type; pattern; shape; genre; breed

crack; crevice; split; fissure; cleft; rift

taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.

to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit

to deny; to contradict

to injure; to damage; to harm; to hurt

windward; upwind

disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking

large-flowered

geomagnetism; terrestrial magnetism

calculation; self-interest; selfishness

wavelike; in waves; undulation

council; conference; consultation

deep-mud paddy

overlooking

iron (steel) wire

raw metal; unprocessed metal; ingot; bullion; ore

net increase