wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
battle formation; military formation
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
power; might; authority; influence
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
sealing hermetically; sealing (up)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
seniority; precedence; upper seat
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
to cut one's own throat; to dig one's own grave; to cause oneself harm; to bring ruin on oneself
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
captured piece that can be reused; person or object held in reserve; available means
being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
penalty shoot-out; kicks from the penalty mark
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
gradually; slowly but steadily