ceremony; celebration; law code
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
don't you think?; indicates question
joint together; opposite; facing
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
plain; plateau; tableland
talk; recital; narration; topic
to talk; to chat; to chatter
repeatedly; to a tremendous extent
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
irresistibly; suddenly; to be turned on; to be horny
night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
deep-seated grudge; hatred
occupation; calling; livelihood
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
late at night; small hours of the morning
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
offerings; offerings and worship
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
rustling sound; rummaging sound
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
a step; short distance; short time
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate