to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
among these; between these; of these
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
(national) capital (city); metropolis
attack; drive; advance; invasion
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
legend; folklore; tradition
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
you (plural); all of you; you all
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
flying column; detached force
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
to burrow through; to dig through
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible