present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
influence; effect; impact
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
unexpectedly; surprisingly
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
practitioner of Buddhism; practitioner of austerities; disciplinant; practitioner of martial arts
danger; peril; hazard; risk
then; well; so; well then
right and wrong; good and evil
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
both; both sides; both parties
technical skill; ability; capacity
discretion; judgement; judgment