attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
practical question (problem); practical matter
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to join together; to combine; to join up
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
rational; reasonable; logical
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
curse; spell; malediction
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
forging; tempering; drilling; training; disciplining
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
to be talented; to be able
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
eccentric; crank; oddball
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
in spite of; regardless of
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
somehow; for some reason or other
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to cover fully; to wrap around
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity