to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
possession (esp. of a territory)
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
unconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal; aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
traditional; conventional
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
house where one was born; one's parents' house
small administrative unit (of a village)
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
sunlight; rays of the Sun
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem