behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
schoolgirl; female student
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
long (time that has passed); old (story)
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
two times; twice; two degrees
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
spitting image; dead ringer; exact resemblance
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter
reddish-black; iron blue; greenish-black; steel gray
posture; position; stance
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal
to stick it out (until the end)
look like; sound like; seem like; savor of; smack of
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to pretend; to act (as if)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour