messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
to hit hard; to strike hard
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
we have a result!; game over!; match!
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
to get out of shape; to lose shape
to be hesitant; to feel timid
moment; brief space of time
the last moment; the very end
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
every evening; every night