without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
general idea; concept; notion
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
draw (in competition); tie game
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
thrust at the opponent's throat
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
water heater; (domestic) boiler
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru
at once; there and then; immediately
sense of duty (obligation)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink