year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
dozens; scores of; decades
end of life; death; breathing one's last
while; even though; despite
to invite in; to show someone in
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
3rd day of the month; three days
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
wound (suffered in a fight)
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
visit (from someone); call
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
in the same way as; just like
to eat; to become eclipsed (of an astronomical object)
that day; the very same day
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
practice; practising; training; study
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when