to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
very likely; very probable
and so; therefore; for that reason
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to fight against; to oppose; to face
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to spend time (on doing something)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
because; for; the reason why is ...
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
becoming dull; slowing down
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important