sword skills; swordsmanship
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
to be hot on a person's heels
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
to extend; to expand; to spread out
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
disintegration; self-destruction
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
self-defense; self-defence
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to finish reading; to read through
to cut off; to lop off; to prune