to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
effect; result; worth; use; avail
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
murder; killing; murderer
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
covering; protection; backing; relief
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
joke; playfulness; kidding around
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
according to plan; as planned; on target
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
endurance; perseverance; patience
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
classification; categorization; sorting
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to show up; to appear; to turn up
ordinary clothes; everyday attire; plain clothes; civilian clothes
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer