end of life; death; breathing one's last
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
to have one's name entered (in a list)
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
diplomatic; diplomatically
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
priority; order of precedence
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
penalty; sentence; punishment
handless; armless; vineless plant; (arch.) sleeveless undergarment; (arch.) sleeveless haori; (arch.) menstruation
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
(already) known; established
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
wide difference; a world of difference
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum; to fly into a rage
to be on a roll; to be in a good spot; to be on a (winning) streak
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
fluent (in a language); flowing
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
specialization; specialisation