chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
defeating in an instant; instant kill
lasting quality; good wearing ability; going a long way
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
doing ...; in the process of ...
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
curse; spell; malediction
immortal; undying; indestructible
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
creation (of the universe); the Creation
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
big talk; boasting; bragging
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
ancestor; forefather; foremother
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to abandon; to leave behind
farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then
Twilight of the Gods (music drama by Richard Wagner); Götterdämmerung
few decades; many decades; several decades