gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
by itself; automatically; naturally
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
main hall (of a Shinto shrine); main shrine; inner sanctuary
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
piling up; multiple layers
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
end of life; death; breathing one's last
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried); katsu