purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
countermeasure; counter-measure
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
on countless occasions; many a time
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
three persons; three parties
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
miraculous god; wonder-working god
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
restoration; repair; mending
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
accumulation; accumulate; store
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
connection; linking; linkage; link
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
condition; situation; prospects
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating