(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
man; male; masculine gender
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
person from the Kansai region
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
rather; sooner; preferably
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to torment; to torture; to harass
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
suggestion; hint; implication
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher