quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
lightly; easily; carelessly
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to be able to manage somehow or another
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
bodily sensation; sense; experience
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
as before; as ever; as it was originally
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
that; the matter in question
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
than; from; out of; except; but; more
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
both; both sides; both parties
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)