co-production; collaboration
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
1,000,000; one million; million; many
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
contemporary literature; modern literature
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
jurist; lawyer; legal scholar
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
these days; now; recently
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
various countries; several countries