godsend; gift from providence
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to join together; to combine; to join up
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
one's opinion on (life and) death
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
one thin flat object; one sheet
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
at that time; in those days
(religious) faith; belief; creed
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
difficult to ...; hard to ...
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
to be relieved; to feel relieved
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
big man; large man; tall man; giant
how long; how much; to what extent
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
children's song; nursery song
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
will not do; do not; does not
impossible to do (although wants to)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
secret; private; surreptitious
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)