system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
when it becomes; when it comes to
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
please; somehow or other; one way or another
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to stiffen; to become stiff
imagination; supposition; guess
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
credit roll (at the end of a film or TV show); closing credits; end credits
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
great swordsman; master fencer
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
this (very thing); this precisely
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool