fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
training; drill; practice; discipline
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
practice; practising; experience
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
honorific/polite/humble prefix
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
by all means; by all costs
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
if you think about it; come to think of it
long time; long interval; for quite some time
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
control; management (e.g. of a business)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to degenerate; to lapse into
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
sword skills; swordsmanship
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
comparatively; relatively
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage