putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
rational; reasonable; logical
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to freeze; to refrigerate
cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
to fall flat; to fall face down
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
threat; intimidation; menace
surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
crazy; mad; devoid of reason
to thrust away; to send flying