frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
professor; teaching; instruction
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
mental; spiritual; emotional
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
person concerned; interested party; related party
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
to knock down; to utterly defeat
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
sudden braking; slamming on the brakes
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)
wizardry; secret of immortality
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
retention; maintenance; preservation
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to call in; to invite; to bring in
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to face each other; to be opposite (to)