translation; version (e.g. "English version")
suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
antiquity; the previous era
stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
not caring; not giving a damn
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
(death from) starvation; starving to death
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
what kind of; what sort of; what
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)