earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
distinction; differentiation; classification
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you
meaning; significance; sense
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
woman; female; feminine gender
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
villager; village folk; countryfolk
situated deep in the mountains
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
occasional; infrequent; rare
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful