the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
whispering; murmuring; subdued
young person; youth; young
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
spine; backbone; spinal column
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
resignation; acceptance; consolation
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
error; mistake; slip; bug
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to push aside; to brush aside
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to knead well; to polish; to refine
my; one's own; I ...; one ...