Means
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| preferred | preferred means | preferred technique |
| old | old means | old technique |
| good | good means | good technique |
| special | special means | special technique |
| Other adjectives: best, similar, normal, usual, common, standard, legitimate, valid, popular, effective, powerful, actual, real, main, new, traditional, primary, different, magical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- It even sets him up for dying in this way, as the traditional means of mastering the final technique was to kill your master while using it.
Source: Too Cool to Live - Should anyone wish to experience my technique... by all means, feel free to come this way.
Source: Badass Boast / Anime -
For example, the mind-reading technique Nao Yuedu literally means "brain reading", and the group of rat bandits from "The Hunger Game" is called Lao Shu, which means "rats".
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