bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
boy; son; baby boy; young man
badness; evilness; bad; evil
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
episode; anecdote; vignette
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
to yell; to rant; to rave
identifiable; personalized
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
ago; since; before; previous
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
in the same way as; just like
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret