alteration; falsification; faking
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
to tower above; to stand out
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
covered with; stained; smeared
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
examiner; investigator; inquisitor; agent
application; request; petition
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
long ago; already; a long time ago