order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
originally; by nature; from the start
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
while alive; during one's lifetime
to incur someone's enmity
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
cooperation; collaboration
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
here and there; in places
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
instant; moment; for an instant
unusual space; other dimension
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
companion; follower; attendant; retinue