profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
solitude; loneliness; isolation
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
long ago; already; a long time ago
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
in proportion to; just as much as
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to finish reading; to read through
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
turning to the right; right turn
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering); death pains; agony of death
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
teething ring; pacifier; dummy; blowjob
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
time; season; period; phase; stage
many; numerous; various; large number of
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on