eternity;  perpetuity;  permanence;  immortality
 style;  way;  shape;  form;  appearance;  state
 to return;  to come home;  to leave;  to get home;  to get to home plate
 staff officer;  military staff;  adviser;  counselor;  counsellor
 will-o'-the-wisp;  ignis fantuus
 command;  control;  commander
 ghost;  specter;  spectre;  apparition;  phantom
 expert;  learned person;  doctor;  PhD;  instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period);  pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
 ghost;  apparition;  phantom;  spectre;  specter;  demon
 time;  hour;  occasion;  case;  chance;  opportunity
 it is ... that ...;  precisely;  although;  while;  it is precisely because ... that ...;  only because ...
 more and more;  all the more;  at last;  finally;  (at the) last moment;  worst possible time
 period;  epoch;  the times;  those days;  oldness;  ancientness
 formidable enemy;  strong enemy;  tough enemy
 to fall (over, down);  to collapse;  to be destroyed (in a collapse);  to collapse;  to be confined to bed (with an illness);  to come down with;  to die
 fear;  dread;  dismay;  terror;  horror;  scare
 destruction;  annihilation;  devastation;  catastrophe
 back;  rear;  background;  behind the scenes
 to appear;  to come in sight;  to become visible;  to be expressed (e.g. emotions);  to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
 (what) the heck;  (why) in the world;  one object;  one body;  one form;  one style
 something;  some;  somehow;  for some reason;  (is there) something (you want, etc.)
 and;  and then;  thus;  and now;  and finally
 devil;  demon;  Satan;  the Devil;  Māra;  evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
 (field) marshal;  (fleet) admiral;  general of the army
 plot;  intrigue;  scheme;  conspiracy;  agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
 to approach;  to draw near;  to be imminent;  to press (someone for something);  to urge;  to compel