essence; true nature; substance; reality
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
sports-minded; sports-oriented
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
to step forward; to take a step forward
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
from the beginning; from scratch
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
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
reinforcement; strengthening
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
famous sword; excellent sword
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
pieces; scraps; disconnected