war; battle; match; game; competition
warp; curvature; curve; arch
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
manly; masculine; like a man
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to talk; to chat; to chatter
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
fertile; rich; productive
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
unimpressive; unimpressed
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
absolutely; positively; decidedly
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
to break the silence; to break one's silence
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment