return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
what kind of; what sort of; what
meaning; significance; sense
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
few decades; many decades; several decades
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty