stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
phosphorous light; ignis fatuus; will-o'-the-wisp
caricature; cartoon; comics
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
impiety; unbelief; infidelity
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
order; directive; instructions; command
1,000,000; one million; million; many
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
venomous snake; poisonous snake
to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
mineral matter; metallic property
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
lowest part; bottom (or footer) of a page, computer screen, on-screen window, etc.
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
(direct) hit; hitting the mark