illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
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
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
spell; curse; incantation
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
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...
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
conduct; behavior; behaviour
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
orphan; person without friends
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to feel; to sense; to experience
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
control; management (e.g. of a business)
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
place; room; margin; scope
quite; utterly; really; completely