to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
green calabash; unripe gourd; pale and sickly person; pallid and thin person
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
many; much; plenty; hardly
to let spoil; to leave to rot; to cause to rot; to discourage; to dishearten
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
nap; doze; short sleep; staringly; fixedly
it's been a long time; long time no see
not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
change; alteration; modification
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
like this; this sort; this way
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
anger; being angry; being mad
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
unless one ...; if one does not ...
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
feel (of a material); texture
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
water and sky; Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to wave a flag; to show the way
sound; sure; safe; steady; firm
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while