to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
opposite side; opposition
priest; (arch.) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryō system; (arch.) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (arch.) prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (arch.) (medieval) harbor manager
tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
recently; lately; these days
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
stunning; electrifying; striking; eye-popping; brilliant
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
riparian works; flood-control works
few decades; many decades; several decades
bank; weir; embankment; levee
oracle; revelation; divine message
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to cry (noisily); to wail; to sob
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
(TV) comedian; performer (esp. of a traditional art); entertainer; talented person; accomplished person