short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
long time; long interval; for quite some time
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to leap back; to jump back
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to slide into; to slip into
repeating firearm; a repeater
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
impudence; cheekiness; impertinence
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
to thrust at (with a knife, sword, etc.)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
binding hand and foot; sleep paralysis; temporary feeling of paralysis; being tied down with money
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
to memorize; to fix in memory; to master
to knock down; to knock off
continuation; succession; series; continuous
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to push down; to knock down