drawing a sword; drawn sword
catercorner; diagonally opposite
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
about; concerning; related to; -ish
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
offender; criminal; culprit
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
depending on the answer; hinging on the reply
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
moment; instant; short amount of time
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
instant; moment; for an instant
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to be perturbed; to be agitated
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point