tradition; legend; folklore
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
several weeks; a few weeks
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
be (that) as it may; having said that
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
pride; dignity; self-respect
standing tall; towering; soaring
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
living thing; organism; creature; biology
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
incident; affair; happening; event
to attack; to assault; to assail
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
stirring; slight movement
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless