to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to be sacked; to be dismissed
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
(in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to turn towards; to point
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
patriarch; head of a family
at a young age; while still young
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
go that far; to that extent
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me