fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe
spirits (distilled beverage)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
salamander (in mythology); salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
hidden treasure; treasured article
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to hold fast; to protect to the end
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
last days; the end; one's fate
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
attack; assault; attempt; try
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely