character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
many; much; plenty; hardly
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
metallic sound; metallic clank
to shake; to sway; to waver
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
styrofoam; styrene foam; expanded polystyrene
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; exhibition game; exhibition match
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)