weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to fight against; to oppose; to face
flaw; defect; fault; (legal) fault; flaw
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
chance (of success); odds
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to mind; to care; to worry
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
something like ...; something called ...
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
they; those guys; those fellows
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
as one had hoped; as one wishes
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
such; this sort of; like this
like...; similar to...; is like...; is similar to...
ritsuryō; criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
to shed light; to cast light
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
violent explosion; bursting
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
penetration; permeation; transmission
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to fly around; to scatter
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination