death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
last days; the end; one's fate
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
to shake; to waver; to tremble
god's majesty; god's authority; might of Heaven
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to make a speech; to address
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply; easily cut
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
puddle of blood; pool of blood
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
a few years ago; some years back
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
beginning; clue; starting point
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight