Tristan and Iseult (ger: Tristan und Isolde)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
false evidence; perjury; false testimony
Yama; judge of the afterlife
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
court (of law); courtroom
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
scarab (Egyptian gemstone); scarabeid (any of a group of beetles including the scarab beetle, Scarabaeus sacer)
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
the three worms (in Taoism); worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings
Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040); Shōmen Kongō (deity); kōshin-machi (religious wake)
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
host; landlord; innkeeper
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; feelings that influence one's mood; stomach growling
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
death in jail; death in prison
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
disorder; chaos; confusion
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
construction; architecture (of buildings)
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close