to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
ordinary citizen; the general public
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to shout (in anger); to yell
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
tens of thousands of years
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
training; drilling; strengthening; use of alchemy; producing (gold, etc.) with alchemy
dull sound; muffled sound
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
great person; distinguished person; outstanding figure; giant; person of high caliber
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
together with; same; both; all; including ...
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch