first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
defeating in an instant; instant kill
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
in person; personally; directly
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
visual confirmation; sighting
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
line; queue; procession; matrix
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
in good health; alive and well; going strong
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
rematch (after an earlier loss)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest