lifelike; exact resemblance
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
bravery; courage; heroism
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
unbleached cloth; unbleached colour (color); unbleached; undyed
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
moron; idiot; stupid person
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)