friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
southwestern part; the southwest
natural growth; wild growth
extract (of plants, meat, etc.); essence; concentrate; concentrated stock
American Indian; Native American
traditional; customary; conventional
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
divine spirit; (Shinto) god; soul (of a dead person); spirit
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
hallucinogen; psychedelic
high-level; higher-order; higher-order; higher-degree
meditation; contemplation
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
to fall off; to tumble down
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
chain; series; connection; linkage
to put on (clothing); (lit.) to put (one's arms) through the sleeves
as usual; as is one's habit
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
to draw near; to approach; to be imminent; to be impending; to be at hand
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one