to stare in wonder; to be amazed
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
rather; better; instead; if anything
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
no!; no no!; no, not at all
and yet; though; when; in spite of
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
probability; likelihood; chances
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
automatic; intransitive verb
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
perception; sensing; noticing
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell