to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to come into being; to be born
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to be perturbed; to be agitated
literature; books (reference); document
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to crumble away; to collapse
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
one's habitual behaviour (behavior); day-to-day conduct
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors
(rolling) along; (rolling) over and over; with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell); (laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone; (changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.); constantly; (losing) all too easily
primary cause; main factor
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt