first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
striking with the back of the sword
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
meaning; significance; sense
nice; good; well-executed
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
having absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything; absolutely nothing
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
one day; (on) a certain day
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
somehow; for some reason or other
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
while; during; while; although; all; both
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions