to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
sword skills; swordsmanship
expression; presentation; representation; notation
quick work; (clever) feat
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to hide; to keep to oneself
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
we have a result!; game over!; match!
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
self-determination; suicide
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to put one's strength into
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
metallic sound; metallic clank
prohibition; inhibition; ban
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
tenth day of the month; ten days