to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
sword skills; swordsmanship
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to blow off; to be blown off
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity