all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
two persons; two people; pair; couple
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
because of; owing to; due to
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
technique; art; skill; move
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
time; hour; period; class
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling