victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
at least; at most; (even) just
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
way of solving (a problem); solution
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
victim; injured party; sufferer
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
(not so) much; (not) very
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
co-existence and co-prosperity
bargaining chip; bargaining tool
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction