serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
moment by moment; hour by hour
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
passage; path; route; one's way
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
place; room; margin; scope
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
to knock down; to knock off
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
sleazy; vulgar; low-life; shabby
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything