death (and entering the hereafter)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
supreme; sublime; highest
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
custom; practice; convention; precedent
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
eternal; unlimited; endless
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
dominion; territory; possession
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
emotional scars; mental trauma
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
this occasion; at this time; now
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
ending up right back where one started
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident