descriptive poetry; epic poem
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
confusion; mixing; merger
right (to do something); authority; power
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
the Revelation of St. John the Divine (book of the Bible)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
(stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine
is something that; is that which
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
social; societal; societary
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
wild beast; wild animal; brute
lie; rye; rai (Algerian music style)
death in madness; dying insane
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service