female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
battle formation; disposition of troops
fourth day of the month; four days
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
(not) even once; (not) ever
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
simply; merely; only; solely
difficult to ...; hard to ...
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
though; even if; whether ... or ...
metre; meter; meter; gauge
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
question; inquiry; enquiry
in this way; thus; such; uh...
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff