smart; clever; agile; nimble; quick
four (long cylindrical things)
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
treatment; service; handling; management
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
adaptability; capacity to adapt; ability to adjust
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
personal combat; one-to-one fight
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
separate; special; another; separately
dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
(one's) youth; one's younger days
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
at a young age; while still young
noh mask used for old man roles (usu. black)
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
trend of the times; way things are going
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
one of these days; someday; one day