robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
secrecy; highly classified information
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
sales; selling; marketing
present; current; in operation
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
extermination; annihilation
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
covered in mud; mud-caked
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
just one person; only one
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
armor piercing ammunition; armour piercing ammunition
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
spare time; free time; leisure time
quick firing; rapid firing
respect and affection; love and respect
to cease; to stop; to be over
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...