honorific/polite/humble prefix
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
stirring; slight movement
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
iron rust; iron hydroxide
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
suddenly; all of a sudden
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
snake; serpent; large snake
impertinent; impudent; cheeky
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
leather shoes; leather boots
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to have a good idea; to be able to predict