for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
prostitute; whore; streetwalker
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
pregnancy; conception; gestation
each time it happens; at all such times
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
troublesome; annoying; complicated
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
to fight with swords; to cross swords
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
indescribable; having no way to express
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
great victory; crushing victory
great swordsman; master fencer
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
secret art; the mysteries
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned