veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
competing; competition; auction
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to go out and away; to leave
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
old person; elderly person; senior citizen
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
vigorous (in old age); hale and hearty
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
arrack (grain or rice wine); arak
noisily (playing a musical instrument); doing something on and on
outline of a solitary fish (as seen through the water when fishing, etc.)
terrestrial (life); land-dwelling
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to be hairy (of a person); to be thickly bearded; to be dense (of vegetation); to be thick; to be slow (of a person); to be dull
to take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
one's own property; possessions
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to kill; to beat to death
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)