ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
fall; drop; descent; coming down
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
phantom; vision; illusion
after a long time; for the first time in a while
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
older sister; elder sister
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
the more one looks (at it) the more...
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
simmering; (boiling) gently
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
stale; hackneyed; cliched
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
to make sense; to be meaningful
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to check; to stop; to keep back
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone