wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
reality; actuality; hard fact
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
use; utilization; utilisation; application
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
already; now; no longer; not any more
drawing a sword; drawn sword
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
sheathing a sword; returning a sword to its scabbard
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
surroundings; environs; circumference
to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp