rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
artificial internal organ
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
life-prolonging treatment
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
breathing of a sleeping person
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
what time; (lit.) which hour
side table; bedside table
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation