indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
in name only; titular; nominal
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
every evening; night after night
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
humiliation; shame; loss of face
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
start of work; commencement; opening
chatteringly; wittering on; prattling on; blathering on
to devour; to bite to death
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
soap; soapland; brothel where one can bathe with prostitutes
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
founder of a religious sect
(religious) faith; belief; creed
escape from evil; exorcism
dark (color); concentrated; thick
hokora; small wayside shrine
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to save; to leave over; to spare
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
toe shoes; pointe shoes; point shoes; chaussons de pointe