both (people); the two of them
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
heroic legend; legend of heroes
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to fight; to cross swords; to engage in battle; (lit.) to cross spears
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
to fight each other; to clash
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to challenge (a person) to a fight
command; commander; commandant
training; drill; practice; discipline
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front