to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
technique; art; skill; move
good humour (humor); good mood
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
senior high school student
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
legend; folklore; tradition
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
military man; warrior; soldier
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
transformer; trance (semi-conscious state); trance; trance music; trans; transgender
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten