inspection; examination; survey
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
door; gate; opening; title page
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to dye; to colour; to color
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to trample down; to devastate
to sniff out; to get wind of
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
doors and shoji (sliding doors with paper panes)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
piece of meat; cut of meat
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms