sword skills; swordsmanship
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
pleasant feeling; good vibes
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to say; to be pleased to say
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
intuition; instinct; hunch
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to shave off; to scrape off
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag