cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
questions and answers; dialogue
clear; precise; definite; distinct
self-defense; self-defence
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
joint struggle; common (united) front
proposal; proposition; suggestion
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
battle formation; military formation
to take command; to give direction
short distance; short range; short-haul
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
metallic sound; metallic clank
to stop walking; to pause
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
long military service; having experienced many battles
soldier; combatant; warrior
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
to collapse into; to flop onto
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
two (long cylindrical things)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)