sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
self-mutilation; self-injury
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
god of food (esp. of rice)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
stay; sojourn; stay; prop; support
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
taste; flavor; taste; liking
dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door
dying; kicking the bucket; being ruined; being finished; ending in failure
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to move around; to move about; to get around
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
scarf (esp. a lightweight summer scarf worn by women)
movie set; filming location
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
jumble; mixture; mess; muddle; disorder; chaos
super work; tremendous work; spectacular; blockbuster
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
this and that; one thing or another