usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
society; the world; the times
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
how; in what way; by what means
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
few decades; many decades; several decades
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber
genuine article; real thing; real deal
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
proposal; proposition; suggestion
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
on the occasion of; at the time of