plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
smith; blacksmith; small crowbar for extracting nails; cat's paw
metallic quality; metallicity
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
scrap (metal); clipping (from a newspaper, magazine, etc.); cutting; scrapbook
indeed; really; truly; very much
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
long ago; once upon a time
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
Hades; hell; underworld; underground spring
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
to revere; to respect; to worship
one day; (on) a certain day
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence