association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
endless; boundless; everlasting
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
decline; fall; decay; withering
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
convenient; handy; useful
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
battlefield; battleground
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
than; from; out of; except; but; more
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service