soldier; combatant; warrior
job; work; duties; trade; skill
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
body; group; party; company; troupe
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
riskiness; (level of) danger
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
in comparison to; rather than
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
difficult to ...; hard to ...
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last