desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
murder; killing; murderer
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
choices; alternatives; options
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
body; physique; build; stature
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
ability; performance; efficiency
tool; implement; means; furniture
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
impassioned speech; fervent speech
laws of nature; physical laws; physics