predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
information; experience; knowledge; observation
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
tradition; legend; folklore
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
(state of) utter panic; great panic
eccentric; crank; oddball
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
indictment; prosecution; complaint
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
the same place; that place
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
(not so) much; (not) very
shipping industry; marine transport
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)