bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
omen; sign; notice; indication
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
faint memory; vague memory; dim memory; vague recollection
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
enticement; inducement; attraction
pale; pallid; bluish-white
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
predation; eating prey; preying upon
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
person who has died at his post (in the performance of his duties)
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
death penalty; capital punishment
(death from) starvation; starving to death
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
service for the benefit of suffering spirits
to pray for the repose of someone's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
yourself; himself; herself
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
finishing blow; coup de grâce
annual function; annual event
ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of Obon)