substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
first game; first round (e.g. of a tournament)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
first time; first; initial
complete victory; total victory
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
sanchin; fundamental karate kata focusing on breathing, stability, and body hardening
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
unprincipled; inconstant; unscrupulous
having a habit of stealing things; being light-fingered
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
loss; defeat; counter for losses
shameless; shameless person
a set of three bouts; three-game match; three-bout contest
northern part; the north (of a region)
since the dawn of history
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
to claim victims; to cause casualties
total energy; all efforts
locality; local area; limited area
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party