present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
area; region; district; locality
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
change; transformation; inversion
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
for example; for instance; e.g.
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
the opposite sex; isomerism
descendant; progeny; offspring
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
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)
remaining bullets; remaining ammunition
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
self-determination; suicide
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)