perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
diversion; putting something to another use
glorious; honourable; splendid
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
mass production of inferior goods
very likely; very probable
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
to grant permission; to give permission
grim; stern; stark; heartless
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
Shiji (first of China's 24 dynastic histories); Records of the Grand Historian
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
same family (race, tribe)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
(carved) statue; sculpture
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
female vampire; vampiress
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)