pride; boast; credit (to)
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
yen (currency of Japan); circle
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
trivia; snippet of knowledge
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
antiquity; the previous era
a long time ago; long before now
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
about when; about what time; how soon
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); being reborn; reincarnation
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
in search of; in order to look for
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; (lit.) cat tongue
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
hostility; antagonism; opposition
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group