mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
smokehole on hearth; hearth; (kitchen) furnace
well-matched; suitable; becoming
edge; relative; relations; border
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to complete decisively; to do to completion
married couple; spouses; husband and wife
to claim victims; to cause casualties
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
originally; by nature; from the start
classical elegance; antiquity
bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
dropout; straggler; outcast; failure
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing