to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
word; (arch.) waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
warrior princess (in fiction)
life; living; I; me; student
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
crystalline lens (of the eye)
single eye; one eye; single lens; simple eye; ocellus
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
strong pressure; heavy pressure
already; now; no longer; not any more
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
settler; colonist; immigrant
indigenous people; aborigines; indigenes
conquest; subjugation; overcoming (a difficulty); conquering (e.g. a mountain); mastery (of a skill)