the more one looks (at it) the more...
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
pan lid; pot lid; kanji "kettle lid" radical (radical 8)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to dance; to perform dance steps
to watch for an unguarded moment
to rock; to shake; to swing
comparatively; relatively
strong interaction; strong force
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
to drop; to let fall; to omit
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
advance; moving forward; progress
PvP battle; battle between human players (as opposed to AI)
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset