sword skills; swordsmanship
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
nonchalant air; unruffled air
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
to let out a cry; to break forth
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to be born; to come into the world
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
overconfident; presumptuous
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
difference; variation; difference
evident; plain; distinct; clear
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
society; public; community; social studies
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect