head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
pineapple (Ananas comosus)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
by means of; due to; because of; according to
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about
walking around at night; night travel; night train
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
fake; something false; sham; deception
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
un-; non-; negative prefix
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
well bottom; narrow place
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health