eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
in the same way as; just like
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
(social) position; status
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
after that; afterwards; thereafter
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
beginning; outset; first; onset
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
family; members of a family
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
older sister; elder sister
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
battle array; battle formation; battlefield
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to bring; to take; to bring about
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up