preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
magic sword; cursed sword
tail (animal); tail end; tip
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
summer vacation; summer holiday
use; utilization; utilisation; application
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
older brother; elder brother
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
such ... as; or some such
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
imagination; supposition; guess
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted