devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
becoming numb; becoming desensitized
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
to be too numerous; to be too much
simplified version; abridged edition
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
(with) broad horizontal stripes of different colors; unevenness
haori (Japanese formal coat)
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge