fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun)
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
production (e.g. play); direction
to play a central role; to take a leading part
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; letting out stress; letting out feelings
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
one's post; place of work; workplace
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
indicate reason; infers some protest
programme; program; plans; arrangements
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
to wash away; to rinse off
throughput; processing power
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
Leith; Leys; Raysse; Reiss
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
close; intimate; on good terms
true state; actual condition; reality
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain