sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
arm; skill; efforts; ability
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
breaking off an engagement
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
solitude; loneliness; isolation
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
shallow playboy; frivolous lad; good-time Charlie
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
older brother; elder brother
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification