razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
from A to Z; in every particular; all without exception; in everything; through and through; (lit.) from one to ten
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
to understand; to comprehend
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
other side; opposite side; other party
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
state of the war; war situation
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
way (of doing); manner; method
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
to slip through; to slip past; to evade