to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
burial mound for severed heads
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to bite off; to gnaw through
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
isolation; being alone; being friendless
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to incur someone's enmity
surroundings; environs; circumference
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
infancy; childhood; tender age
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
great scholar; savant; polymath
Japan's best; number one in Japan
when it becomes; when it comes to
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
finally; barely; only just; gradually
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
zest for living; energy to live
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
parents and siblings; one's relatives
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
decapitation; decapitated head