tournament; knockout competition
whatever the case; under any circumstances
to be relieved; to feel relieved
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to grumble; to make difficulties
interference; meddling; butting in
(calamity of) perishing by the sword; being wounded by the sword
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
earning the first (runs); preoccupation
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to cut; to slit; to cut open
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
cooperation; coordination; link