to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
end of life; death; breathing one's last
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to rock; to shake; to swing
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
both (people); the two of them
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
visual confirmation; sighting
transmission and reception; sending and receiving
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
omen; sign; notice; indication
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
existence; possession; having; limited company
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
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
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to move around; to move about; to get around
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor