votive objects for a home shrine;  ritual article
 this (very thing);  this precisely
 opposite;  opposition;  versus;  vs.;  to (e.g. "winning a game five to three");  equal footing
 biggest;  greatest;  largest;  maximum
 secret plan;  secret scheme;  secret stratagem;  secret method
 that;  it;  then;  that point (in time); (arch.)  there; (arch.)  you
 if;  in case;  as for;  on the topic of;  if that's the case;  if so
 authority;  power;  function
 to get;  to earn;  to understand;  to comprehend;  to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment);  to get (ill)
 that;  the;  part (as in "part two");  um ...;  er ...
 to hold (in one's hand);  to take;  to possess;  to have;  to maintain;  to keep;  to last
 overthrow;  defeat;  bringing down;  knockdown
 cornerstone;  main point;  requirement;  need;  necessary;  required
 to try to ...;  to be about to do ...;  to decide to ...;  to take as;  to treat as;  to use for;  to suppose that (such) is the case
 charge;  custody;  safekeeping;  deposit;  storage
 in;  on;  at (place);  as for;  regarding
 beginning;  outset;  first;  onset
 sky;  heaven;  God;  svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth);  deva (divine being of Buddhism);  top (of a book);  sole (of a Japanese sandal)
 royal authority;  regal power;  authority of the king
 to descend (e.g. a mountain);  to go down;  to alight (e.g. from bus);  to get off;  to step down;  to retire;  to be granted
 I see;  that's right;  indeed
 close thicket;  dense forest;  jungle;  amazon.com
 nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
 to cross over;  to cross;  to pass through;  to exceed;  to surpass;  to be more (than)
 place;  location;  room;  space;  basho;  wrestling tournament
 yes;  yeah;  hum;  hmmm;  oof
 at;  in;  at;  when;  by;  with;  and then
 how;  in what way;  how about
 it is assuredly that ...;  can say with confidence that ...;  did not ...
 true character;  true form;  true colors (colours);  consciousness;  one's senses
 to be aware of;  to know;  to notice;  to feel;  to understand;  to comprehend;  to remember
 to be (of animate objects);  to exist;  to stay;  to be ...-ing;  to have been ...-ing
 by no means;  never!;  something unexpected;  emergency; (arch.)  currently; (arch.)  for the time being
 -ical;  -ive;  -like;  -ish;  (something) like;  along the lines of
 no;  nay;  well;  er;  you're welcome;  not at all
 to differ (from);  to vary;  to not be in the usual condition;  to not match the correct (answer, etc.);  to be different from promised;  isn't it?
 but;  however;  (and) yet;  nevertheless;  still;  for all that
 to the end;  to the bitter end;  to the last;  after all;  it must be remembered;  only