counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
since one was born; (in) all one's life
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery
illegitimate child; secret love child
bounty hunter; bounty hunting
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
to rush back; to run back
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
gentle; mild; meek; tender
androgynous; gender-neutral
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)