to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
word game; wordplay; playing with words
half the body; half length
venomous snake; poisonous snake
Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
light emanating from a sword; shimmering of a sword
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)
blow; shock; strike; batting
fighting sport; combat sport; martial art
tying up; binding; total; sum; conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; final meal after a drinking party
top of the head; crown of the head; vertex; (the) parietal
ground; earth; grounding; touching the ground; landing (an airplane)
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
counterattack; reversal technique
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
be (that) as it may; having said that
composite; combined; complex
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept