tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
sword skills; swordsmanship
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
wide (esp. of clothing); broad
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
physical strength; muscle strength
(muscular) explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force; quick responsiveness; instantaneity
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to shake out; to draw a check (bill, draft, etc.); to issue (e.g. money order); to infuse (e.g. in hot water)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
sweeping sideways; mowing down
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
blow; shock; strike; batting
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)