one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
race (of people); type of person
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
soldier; combatant; warrior
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
Japanese person; Japanese people
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
around the world; throughout the world
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
considerably; fairly; quite
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to have a talk; to tell a story
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword