to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
covering; protection; backing; relief
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
offensive (movement); aggression
fireball; bolide; fireball
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
sword skills; swordsmanship
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to need; to call for; to require
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
moving about; stirring about
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")