sincere; earnest; serious
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
now; the present time; just now; another; more
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
pair; the two; both persons; both things
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
visual confirmation; sighting
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
proper; respectable; decent; honest
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt