to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to taste; to try (food or drink)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
reality; actuality; hard fact
to bring back; to restore
how many years; how long; what year
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to detain; to check; to restrain
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
maneuver to return a sword to its scabbard
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to accept (a thing) with thanks
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to slide into; to slip into
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to give directions; to issue instructions
back side; back end; posterior; rear
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
fifth day of the month; five days
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
speaking voice; talking voice
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering