general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; (lit.) azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
because of; owing to; due to
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
rather; better; instead; if anything
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
this sort of; this type of
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
again and again; repeatedly
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
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
to be perturbed; to be agitated
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
half the body; half length
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter