to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
another; different; something else
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
febrile seizure; febrile convulsions
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
never mind!; don't worry about it
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
like a part of the family
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
beyond that point; after that
center; centre; metropolis
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
summoning circle (esp. in fantasy fiction); magic circle
kind; sort; species; species
full length; total length; overall length
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
to walk heavily and clumsily; to lumber
you (plural); all of you; you all
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation