contest of strength; trial of strength
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to control; to command; to get the better of
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
situation (turn of events) being unfavorable (disadvantageous)
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
change; alteration; modification
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much