sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
Diet members' caucus; caucus of the Diet
one party; one faction; one clique
to order; to command; to appoint
reinforcement; strengthening
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to look forward to something
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
polite; courteous; hospitable
happiness in the next world
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
considerably; greatly; a lot
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?