to bring someone to grief; to give someone hell
disorder; chaos; confusion
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
servile submission; subservience
perfection; completeness; wholeness; soundness; intactness
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack
eloquence; volubility; (lit.) (like) water on a standing board
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
blasphemous; profane; sacrilegious
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
side; flank; position where one is not directly involved (in a matter); outsider's position; the sidelines
warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to bend; to warp; to curve
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper; twisting throw
unmatched (unparalleled) accuracy
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase