rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
incarnation (of a god, spirit or abstract quality); embodiment; avatar; incarnation; monster role; kumadori worn for a monster role
to be touching; to be moving
moon rabbit; moon hare; mythical figure who lives on the moon
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
bright (esp. of the moon); broad and empty
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
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)
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to shed light; to cast light
fearfully; timidly; nervously
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one