扼す: clasp / 約す: promise / 訳す: translate

薬叉: yaksha / 役者: actor/actress / 訳者: translator

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

high, tall / superior / 高価い: expensive

height

medicinal plants

Kyūjitai form of 薬草: medicinal plants

great strides, great progress, breakthrough