this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
birth; creation; formation
paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the Moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
scariest; most frightening
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
but; however; even though; even if
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
until now; so far; up to the present
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
how; in what way; how about
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)