large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to blow off; to be blown off
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
ease; comfort; feeling at home
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
man and horse; rider and horse; centaur
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
short guardless sword worn on the hip
to collect; to assemble; to gather
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
happy memory; sweet memory
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
don't push yourself too hard; don't force yourself
dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence