mystery; mysteriousness; secret
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
yes or no answer; agreement or disagreement; consent or refusal
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
this world; this life; world of the living
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
willing (even) to do; prepared to do; ready to do; not mind doing
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
name one goes by; popular name; house name; name of a street; avenue name
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
raid; RAID; redundant array of independent disks
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
penalty kick; psychokinesis; parkour