to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
power; might; authority; influence
offense and defense; offence and defence
visual confirmation; sighting
sword; blade; single stroke
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to play a leading role; to play a central part
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
professor; teaching; instruction
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
handle; grip; holder; person who holds
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft