Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
small gate in a mud or stone wall
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
artificial intelligence; AI
new government; new administration
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
at first; in the beginning; originally
fourth day of the month; four days
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
Taika era (645.6.19-650.2.15)
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
system indicating court ranks by headgear colors (colours)
rather; better; instead; if anything
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses)
Numbers (book of the Bible)
Deuteronomy (book of the Bible)
to be too numerous; to be too much
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to be filled to bursting; to burst
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger