to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to burst open; to pop; to split
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
boundless; limitless; vast; broad
shellfish; seashell; shell
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
dark and desolate; forlorn
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
wild beast; wild animal; brute
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
at first; initially; in the beginning
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
just one person; only one
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
wall with exposed timber pillars
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
dark night; moonless night
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
hinoki leaf; hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata); small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)
how long; how far; how much
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking