hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
particulars; details; specified items
one end; an end; part; fragment
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
extermination; expulsion; destruction
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
container; receptacle; utensil; implement; calibre; talent
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
posterity; future life; life to come
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
at first; in the beginning; originally
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
shaman; Sherman (WW2 tank)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover