obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
intuition; instinct; hunch
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
the West; the Occident; Western countries
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to knock down; to utterly defeat
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
counterattack; striking one's opponent immediately after defending an incoming attack
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
form; shape; figure; morph
mass; quality and quantity
gazing at (in wonderment)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
narrow; cramped; small-sized
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
front; frontage; facade; main
counterclockwise; anti-clockwise
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurd; nonsensical
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
loser; defeated person; the defeated
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
large number (of); many; majority
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)