ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
cleavage (between breasts)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
thought; consideration; thinking
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
to live through; to survive
training; drill; practice; discipline
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
murder; killing; murderer
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
weight; heavyweight boxer
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
ago; since; before; previous
metre; meter; meter; gauge