harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
environment; circumstance
to explain adequately; to be accountable
compelling force; legal force
when it becomes; when it comes to
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering