intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
at least; at most; (even) just
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
there is nothing; having nothing
for example; for instance; e.g.
battlefield; battleground
to be injured; to sustain a wound
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
hostility; animosity; enmity
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person