cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
to cut downward; to slash downward
sweeping sideways; mowing down
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
ultimate; final; last; eventual
of course; certainly; naturally
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
absolute best; very finest; top-class; first-rate; elite
aptitude; aptness; suitability
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute
third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to be able to manage somehow or other
to become settled; to be fixed
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
tonfa; traditional Okinawan weapon similar to a nightstick
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
difference; variation; difference
nonchalant air; unruffled air