swordsmanship; line drawn by the tip of a sword when slashing
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
(switched) off; off-season; offset; off-road; offline; offline get-together; offside
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
pop-up (book, toaster, etc.); pop-up
background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character; NPC
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
dressed carcass; meat on the bone
world's first; first in the world
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to bungle; to make things awkward
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
national constituency; nationwide publicity; being known all over the country
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
bungalow; one-story house
hair pin; hairclip; hairgrip; hairpin curve; hairpin turn
lock-opening; lock-picking
minigame; mini game; subgame; practice game (usu. with reduced players)
run-down house; dilapidated house; shabby old house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
penniless; extremely poor; destitute
to form a group; to form a bunch