ha-ha; with a hearty laugh; panting; with heavy, rapid breathing (from exertion, fear, etc.)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
absorption; suction; attraction
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
uncool; tacky; lame; corny
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
violent emotion; passion; fury
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); icky; to stick closely
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
round (table, collar, etc.); round; round; round (of a competition); round (of talks, esp. multilateral trade negotiations)
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
like that; that way; thus
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage