bet; wager; stake; gamble
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to lose sight of; to miss
sword skills; swordsmanship
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
dozens; scores of; decades
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to collapse into; to flop onto
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)