ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
if it is (the case that ...)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
100,000; hundred thousand
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
religious organization; religious organisation
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.); to die down
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful