standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
three times; thrice; third (interval)
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
it's no joke; gimme a break!
pleasant sound; pleasing sound; crack (of a baseball bat); (pleasant) roar (of an engine)
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
(set of) facial features; looks
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
putting into operation; invocation
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
(senior player's) king; Ōshō (one of the eight major titles in professional shogi)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
steel; sword steel; sword
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
throwing technique; throw
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)