extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
lightly; easily; carelessly
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to burn with combativeness
extermination; annihilation
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
weak (organization, organisation)
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
powerful person; influential person
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
contest of strength; trial of strength
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words