short distance; close range
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
forging; tempering; drilling; training; disciplining
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
that kind; competition; match
jet black; pitch dark; peyote (Lophophora williamsii); mescaline
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
eyes mismatched in colour (color)
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
severe; harsh; rigorous; trenchant; scathing; sharp
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
purulent blood; blood from an open wound or sore
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
since when; from when; how long
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
-less; lacking; non-existing
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
directly opposite; right in front
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
colour; color; hue; tints
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of