to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
outside the boat (ship, spaceship, etc.); outboard; extravehicular
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
draw (in competition); tie game
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart
the other day; some time ago; recently
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
dependent on luck; matter of luck
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
inscrutable; incomprehensible
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
taste; liking; preference
being second to none; being in a league of one's own
boorishness; coarseness; stupidity
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
universal love (regardless of race, borders, religion, etc.); universal benevolence
subtracting points; deducting points; points deducted
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
form; method; system; formula
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
full automation; becoming unmanned; making (something) unmanned
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
bearing; heading; point of the compass
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable