fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
near; close by; within reach; familiar
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
momentum; amount of exercise
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
four (long cylindrical things)
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
offensive (movement); aggression
drama; play; powerful drug
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly