year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
build; physique; frame; constitution
few decades; many decades; several decades
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
means; way; method; measure
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
suspicious character (person, figure)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
self-assessment; self-declaration; self-certification; personal statement
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
outsider; someone outside of a group
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands