art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
number one in all of America; best in all of America
meteor; shooting star; falling star
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
optimization; optimisation
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)
original home; birthplace; originator
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
head house (family); birthplace; originator
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
instability; insecurity; crankiness
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
process; course; mechanism
to affect; to impact; to influence
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
life-taking sword; sword used to kill
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
freely; right and left; as one pleases
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment