worthy of special mention
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
switching over to; migration; transition
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of
settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation; composure; calmness
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
must not; should not; do not
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
to throw into; to dump in together
body; physique; build; stature
end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to bend; to warp; to curve
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
top of the head; vertex; parietal
ornament; dead body used to test a blade; unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
mutation; change; transition
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
situation; developments; outcome