My words

得物

えもの

specialized weapon or skill, specialised weapon or skill

格段

かくだん

special, exceptional, remarkable

見栄

みえ みばえ

airs, pretensions, show, ostentation, display, appearance, vanity, charm

実用

じつよう

practical use, utility

細工

さいく

work, craftsmanship, tactics, trick

施す

ほどこす

to give (time, money, goods), to donate, to do, to perform, to conduct, to apply (processing, makeup, etc.), to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation), to sow, to seed, to scatter (e.g. fertilizer), to sprinkle, to spread far and wide

歓声

かんせい

cheer, shout of joy

腕試し

うでだめし

trying one's ability

成り行き

なりゆき

outcome, development, course of events, progress, result, market order, order without limit

口笛

くちぶえ

whistle

野次

やじ

hooting, jeering, heckling

騒ぎ

さわぎ

uproar, disturbance

に連れ

につれ

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

対峙

たいじ

confrontation, standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings), squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces), standing off against, holding one's own with

研ぎ澄ます

とぎすます

to sharpen, to grind, to whet, to hone, to make keen

ちらちら

チラチラ チラッチラッ

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti), fluttering, flickering, twinkling, glimmering, sparkling, dazzling, appearing and disappearing, catching glimpses, glancing (repeatedly), (hear, see) from time to time, intermittently

繰り出す

くりだす

to draw (a thread), to let out (e.g. a rope), to sally forth, to send out, to dispatch, to lunge, to unleash

事前

じぜん

prior, beforehand, in advance, before the fact, ex ante

受身

うけみ

passive attitude, passivity, passiveness, the passive, passive voice, ukemi (the art of falling safely), the defensive

対人

たいじん

personal, inter-personal

対人戦

たいじんせん

pvp, pvp battle (in video games); battle between human players (as opposed to ai)

致命的

ちめいてき

fatal, lethal

担ぎ

かつぎ

carrier

前傾姿勢

ぜんけいしせい

forward-bent posture

緩目

ゆるめ

somewhat loose

虚実

きょじつ

truth or falsehood

見せかける

みせかける

to pretend, to feign

頼る

たよる

to rely on, to have recourse to, to depend on

一桁

ひとけた ひと けた

one digit, one column, the "ones" column

雑音

ざつおん

noise (jarring, grating), gossip, irresponsible criticism