phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
to translate; to interpret
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
profound; deep; unfathomable; esoteric
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
talk; conversation; informal expression of opinion; off-the-cuff remarks; discourse
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
all things; all creation; universal
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
telephone switching station; telephone exchange; central office
arguing (someone) down; loudly scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
craftsman; skilled artisan
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
while alive; during one's lifetime