youth; springtime of life; adolescent
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
as (for); for; in the capacity of
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
simply; merely; only; solely
favorite sword; cherished sword
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
tool; implement; means; furniture
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
unsigned; without a signature
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)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted