to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
mask; disguise; guise; mask
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
to overflow from something full
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
ashes (of the deceased); remains from cremation
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
ancestor; forefather; foremother
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
several minutes; a few minutes
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to prostrate oneself before
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
something; some kind of; for some reason
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
flustered; confused; panicked
with a flap; with a snap; with a thud; with a crash; with a swish; with a rustle
feelings; thoughts; meaning
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober