standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
chink in the armor (armour)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
adsorption; adhesion (by suction); attachment; sticking to
magnetism; magnetic force
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
sword skills; swordsmanship
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
technique; art; skill; move
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to put one's strength into
to stand firm; to hold out
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out