step; stride; counter for steps
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
sitting with one's legs out to one side
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list
teacher's grade book; book of sins; ledger in which Enma writes down the deeds and sins of the living
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
paltry; trifling; piddling; stud; small protuberance
being concerned about or mindful of
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
consenting to; agreeing to; understanding; being convinced of; being satisfied
phantom; vision; illusion
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder