having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
to ascend; to go up; to climb
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
basis; foundation; core; criterion; standard
to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
joints; points (of a speech)
handwork; handcraft; manual labor; manual labour; working with one's hands
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
knitting; knitted material; crochet
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
chance (of success); odds
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to raise one's voice; to shout
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
just a handful; only a small number (of)