until now; so far; up to the present
study; learning; tutorial
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
soldier; combatant; warrior
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
comparatively; relatively
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
dozens; scores of; decades
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
scale; scope; plan; structure
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
prosperous; flourishing; thriving; muscular; brawny
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing