the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
young person; youth; young
those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
confusion; distraction; derangement
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
to be dispersed; to get separated
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
ornamental ridge-end tile
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
serious; not joking; straight
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
cease-fire; truce; armistice
soldier; combatant; warrior
military forces; hosts; troops