omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
nothing but; none other than
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to put one's strength into
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
immediately; right away; on the spot
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to be thrown in jail; to be locked up; to be put in the slammer; to be burdened with (e.g. someone else's debt); to be saddled with; to be stuck with
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
tension; mental strain; nervousness
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to fall on one's backside
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)