year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
to talk; to chat; to chatter
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
why; how; for what reason
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
while; during; while; although; all; both
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to step over or across; to overcome
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
myself; yourself; I; me; you
several years; a few years
after that; afterwards; thereafter
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement