announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
sword skills; swordsmanship
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
just because; even if; even though
liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing
extensive; vast range; wide scope
circulation; dissemination
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
tattoo (esp. not traditional Japanese)
to caricature; to make a caricature of
with a broad grin; smirking
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
single word; a few words; brief comment
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?