magical; sorcerous; supernatural
regular festival; annual festival
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
nevertheless; still; however; yet
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
in its entirety; whole; wholly
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
trisection; dividing into three (parts)
appalling; awful; horrible; horrifying; ghastly
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest; (arch.) mental derangement; (arch.) madness; (arch.) insanity
bowing twice; worshipping again; yours sincerely; sincerely yours
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
charm; spell; curse; malediction; dharani; mantra
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
powerful medicine; strong poison
transition (esp. in scientific, computing, etc. contexts); succession
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
out of character; unlike one
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to total; to sum; to kill (fish, poultry, etc.)
using all one's strength; using all one's might
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
yakishime chinaware; high-fired unglazed ceramics
vermilion (colour); cinnabar