errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
anything and everything; just about everything
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
metallic sound; metallic clank
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to hold fast; to protect to the end
to triumph; to be elated with success
having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
silence; stillness; quietness
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to shave off; to scrape off
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter