main question; real issue at hand
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
black ball; black, round sigil; pupil; black candy
to hide; to conceal oneself
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
the five fingers; leading five; top five
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
magic sword; cursed sword
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
many-headed; hydra-headed; large-scale (e.g. breeding)
being struck by lightning; torpedo attack
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
heaps of corpses all around
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
absorption; suction; attraction
decrease; reduction; decline