to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
counter for birds or rabbits
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
empirically; from experience
near-death; close to death
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
meaning; connotation; denotation
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
extremely dangerous; full of peril
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
Creator (of all things); Maker; God
libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
every evening; night after night
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
almost (did); nearly (did)