no match for; unbearable; unable; can't do
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
horseplay; fooling around
single cell; simple-minded person; one-track-minded person
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
dropout; quitter; deserter
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
person with a bounty on their head
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
air hole; windhole; ventilator
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
professional killer; hit man
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar