in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
now; at this time; as such; for this reason; hence
action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
useless; vain; aimless; idle
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
sovereign; emperor; monarch
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
condition; situation; prospects
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
sun; saint; San (people); son
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)