intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
most of all; extremely; supremely
sincere; earnest; serious
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
now; the present time; just now; another; more
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
pair; the two; both persons; both things
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
visual confirmation; sighting
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
proper; respectable; decent; honest
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt