in this way; along these lines; similarly
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
(one's) grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
even further; and then some; even more
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
observation; survey; watching
curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
fully armed; armed to the teeth
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
plural; multiple; plural (number)
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
that is to say; so that means
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice