to state; to express; to mention
evil spirit; demon; devil
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
great swordsman; master fencer
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
burned down; entirely destroyed
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
external wound; (physical) trauma
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
email; e-mail; electronic mail
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
authenticity; credibility
the way one works; one's working manner
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
regarding highly; attaching importance to