slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
to do someone in; to bump someone off
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
quenching; hardening; tempering
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent