have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
too much; excessively; too
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
to be obvious; to be obviously correct; (lit.) to point to one's palm
fortune teller; diviner; soothsayer
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to explain; to dispel doubts
to need; to call for; to require
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
devil; evil spirit; genie
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
in history; ever; historical
please; somehow or other; one way or another
already; now; no longer; not any more
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)