to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
higher rank; better position
dense; thick; rich (flavour, colour, etc.); deep; strong (smell); heavy
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
surface of a board (shogi, go, etc.); (state of) the board; development of a game; surface of a record
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
optimism; taking an optimistic view
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
baton (of command); order; command; direction
concession; conciliation; compromise
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
calming down; quieting down
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
uncrowned; without rank; having no championship wins; receiving no (major) awards
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...