heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
undressing; taking off one's clothes
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
depending on; dependent upon; relying on
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
to force one's way through
higher rank; better position
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
comparatively; quite; rather
walking heavily; lumbering
bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation; onlookers see more of the game than the players do; (lit.) people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead
war situation; progress of a battle
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
the staff; inside the department
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
protector (e.g. chest); guard
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
magic bullet; magic bullets
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
former years; formerly; a few years ago