to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
incident; affair; happening; event
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
dead person; deceased person
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
should; must; -able; probably; likely
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to express (in words); to confess
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
Kira Kōzukenosuke (1641-1702)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
one's long-cherished desire
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to subsist; to keep on living
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter