profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to become distant; to recede
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
(and) many others; extras (in a film)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to be charged with a mission
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
progress; advance; improvement; development
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly