arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
battlefield; battleground
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
dull sound; muffled sound
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
short pause; short interval
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
palm heel; heel of the palm
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to carry around; to carry on one's person
majority group (party, faction)
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize