lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand; to turn out as one thought
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
to say; to be called; to do
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
regret; repentance; remorse
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
this sort of; this type of
occupation; calling; livelihood
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
common people; ordinary people; masses
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life