emotional strength; force of will
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
hostility; animosity; enmity
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
pleased to make your acquaintance
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
stale; hackneyed; cliched
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
stillness; repose; standing still
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to stop in the middle of a sentence
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
moving about; stirring about
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to work hard; to make an effort
briskly with small steps; trotting
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
unable to resist; unable to suppress
almost (did); nearly (did)
ignoring a traffic light; red-light violation; running a red light; jaywalking
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
rationalization; justification
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
traditional Japanese dance
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
how can (one) do something