period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
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
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
how much; how many; however
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to graduate from a university
if so; in that case; in that situation
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
one day; (on) a certain day
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
(not) even once; (not) ever
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
yearning; longing for; deep affection
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
it's no joke; gimme a break!
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
historical play; period drama