these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
cesspool; sink; manure sink
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
three times; thrice; third (interval)
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
surrounding at a distance
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
(right at the) side; just beside
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away
perception; sensing; noticing
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
soldier; combatant; warrior
intuition; instinct; hunch
horse gait; way of walking (e.g. in martial arts, etc.)
to temper thoroughly; to train well
physical strength; muscle strength
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
concentrated fire; intense criticism
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus