predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
birth (esp. of a famous person); nativity
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
rise and fall; ups and downs
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
all (there is); as long as there is
to stray from; to get lost
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
inner world; inner sphere
mother of a holy person; Holy Mother; Virgin Mary; Our Lady
single colour (color); monochrome
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
place to go; place one can go
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
heading; headline; index; headword
Amaterasu; sun goddess who is the ancestress of the Imperial House of Japan
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
fate; destiny; predestination
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise