playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
team competition; team game
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
unable to resist; unable to suppress
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
morning training (e.g. before school)
training room (hall); gymnasium
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to put one's strength into
with a start; with a jump
to wet one's pants; to wet oneself
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to shake one's head (in denial)
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
sweeping sideways; mowing down