offense; offence; method of attack
other things; the rest; leisure tasks
strange; rare; novel; curious
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
self control; self restraint
dozens; scores of; decades
second (unit of time); arc second
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
conviction; belief; confidence
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
one end; an end; part; fragment
to lose one's way; to get lost
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
flood of customers; roaring business
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
episode; anecdote; vignette
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
March; third month of the lunar calendar
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
primary school; elementary school; grade school
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
only recently; just of late
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese