announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to be beaten hollow; to be argued into silence
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
first month of the lunar calendar; January
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
origin; beginning; source; rise
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
troubled times; turbulent times
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
individual; private person; personal; private
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
item; article; dish; course; finest item
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
forevermore; for eternity
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
too many to count; too numerous to mention
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
all things in nature; the whole creation
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
difficult to ...; hard to ...