to read and understand;  to take in;  to sense from external cues;  to read (someone's) mind;  to read (calibration, tape, etc.);  to scan (bar code)
 binding tightly;  tight binding;  (sexual) bondage
 simplicity;  convenience;  easiness;  quasi-
 weak point;  weakness;  shortcoming;  defect;  flaw;  sore spot
 to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.);  to slice (off);  to lop (off);  to cut (off)
 tire track;  traces of a person or thing;  path one has taken;  locus
 flat;  even;  level;  plain (speech, etc.);  simple
 three dimensions;  three dimensional;  3D;  real world;  IRL (in real life)
 indeed;  really;  absolutely;  truly;  actually;  very
 simple;  easy;  uncomplicated;  brief;  quick;  light
 to kill;  to defeat;  to beat
 stone (of a fruit);  pit;  core (of an organization, team, etc.);  nucleus;  nuclear weapons;  nucleus (of an atom);  nucleus (of a cell)
 function;  facility;  faculty;  feature
 have no choice;  there is nothing but;  no more than
 if that's the case ...;  if so ...;  that being the case ...
 drawing a sword;  drawn sword
 recommendation;  endorsement
 course;  route;  course (of study);  program;  lane (in running, swimming, etc.);  course (of action);  policy
 amendment;  correction;  revision;  modification;  alteration;  retouching
 to prick;  to stab;  to poke;  to prod;  to use (a cane);  to prop oneself up with
 to swell (out);  to expand;  to be inflated;  to get cross;  to get sulky;  to pout
 outward;  superficial;  external;  apparent
 change;  variation;  variety;  diversity;  inflection;  declension
 muscle fiber;  muscle fibre
 strangeness;  abnormality;  disorder
 to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room);  to be confined in;  to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.);  to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.);  to be heavy with (e.g. smoke);  to be muffled (e.g. voice);  to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
 innermost depths of one's heart
 to lurk;  to be hidden;  to be concealed;  to lie dormant;  to be latent
 ferocious;  fierce;  truculent;  savage
 to be mixed;  to be blended with;  to associate with;  to mingle with;  to join
 seeming;  giving the appearance of;  giving one the feeling of
 to run off;  to break into a run;  to start running
 bang;  bam;  noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō);  noon gun;  last round in a game of 12 rounds;  precisely
 ground;  earth;  the solid earth;  the (vast) land
 (sound of an) explosion or detonation;  roar (of a machine)
 bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
 to stab;  to stick;  to pierce;  to thrust
 feel (i.e. tactile sensation);  touch;  feeling;  sensation;  texture (e.g. food, cloth)