year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to pick up; to find; to gather
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
limbs; arms and legs; body
something; some kind of; for some reason
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
both; both sides; both parties
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
near; close; beside; third person