secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
creation; Creation (by God)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
grave maintenance; grave keeper
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
ruining a country; ruined country
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
(feeling) impatient; irritated; irritating; frustrated; frustrating; vexed
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
makyō; Chinese magic mirror; bronze mirror that projects a hidden sacred image when reflecting a beam of light
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
to make one's own; to take possession of
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
foundation stone; cornerstone
true state; actual condition; reality
-less; lacking; non-existing
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
(taking a) spectacular photograph; photo taken at just the right moment
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
surpassing everything; better than anything; to be better than anything
exaltation; emotional uplift
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
total amount (of money); total sum; sum total
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
to freeze; to refrigerate