polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
contract; compact; agreement
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to serve; to work for; to attend
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
first-class goods; A-grade product
steel; sword steel; sword
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
(some) more; even more; longer; further
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
minimum; at the very least
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
death rate; mortality rate
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family