acting ability; talent as a performer
momentum; amount of exercise
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
final performance; swan song; last act
drama; play; powerful drug
personal combat; one-to-one fight
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to perform; to play; to act
in person; personally; directly
to have a reason; to have an excuse
(enervating) attraction to books or learning
(necessary) personnel; required person
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
climax; peak; zenith; apex
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
one's impressions after reading a book
inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
literature; books (reference); document
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
primer; manual; introductory book
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
practice; practising; training; study
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
training; drill; practice; discipline
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick