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
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
this world; this life; world of the living
interference; intervention; meddling
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
thousands; several thousand
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence