spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
grandfather; male senior-citizen
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
long military service; having experienced many battles
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
illicit sexual relationship
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
It's good to have a girl first and then a boy
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
one's younger days; when one was young
late blooming (flower, talent); late flowering
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
cultural standard (of the people); moral standard; cultural level; standard of living