tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to succeed; to bear fruit
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
next term; next period; next version; next release
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
such ... as; or some such
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed