discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to glare at each other; to confront each other
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
emergency stop; emergency shutdown; scram (nuclear reactor)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
body; physical system; (the) person
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
one's physical safety; personal security
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be