victory or defeat; match; contest; game
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
(referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer; listener
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
to stay (at); to stop (at)
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well
atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
this; our; right; justice; checking account
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
invisibly; secretly; privately
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
unanticipated; unexpected
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
venting one's pent-up anger; venting one's frustration; letting off steam
filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
full use; extensive use; complete utilization
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to