grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
and then; and so; and; so then
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
end (of an era, century); close; descendant
estrangement; neglect; alienation; casting out; ostracism; giving the cold shoulder
inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile
shepherd's song; pastoral poem; pastoral song; pastoral
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
decline; downfall; ruin(ation)
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
natural disaster; cataclysm
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic