sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
militarism; warlike spirit
fully armed; armed to the teeth
military personnel; soldier
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
while moving; on the move
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
consanguineous group; kin group
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
patriarch; head of a family
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to show up; to appear; to turn up
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge