chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
bulging eyes; goggle eyes; saucer eyes
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
fitting (electrical equipment); wiring
becoming dull; slowing down
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
to be too late; to be too slow
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
black lustre; black luster
favorite sword; cherished sword
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
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)
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently
insight; power of observation
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
physical strength; muscle strength
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
sword skills; swordsmanship
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural