drawing a sword; drawn sword
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
(not so) much; (not) very
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
like this; in this way; as you see