sword skills; swordsmanship
to lose heart; to lose motivation
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
root; source; origin; cause
woman; female; feminine gender
embodiment; realization; materialization
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
contradiction; inconsistency
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
two (long cylindrical things)
both hands; both arms; ten
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
like this; this sort; this way