skill; dexterity; proficiency
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to find fault with; to question
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
without; unless; have to do
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
praise; extolment; extollment
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through
just past noon; afternoon
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
prudence; discretion; thought
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
way of speaking; intimation
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...