progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
innermost depths of one's heart
acceleration; speeding up
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor; match attended by the team's owner
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
four 20-point cards (scoring combination)
burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; spotting (in weight training)
accuracy of fire (gun, missile, etc.)
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing