method; process; manner; way; means; technique
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
skill; dexterity; master hand
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
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)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to do someone in; to bump someone off
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
right side; right-hand side
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
difficult to ...; hard to ...
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
look like; sound like; savor of; smack of
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum