birth; creation; formation
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to escape from; to get out
at the mercy of (e.g. wind, waves); (act) as one is told (by)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
a long time ago; in those days
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
number one; first; best; most; game; round
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray for harm or death to come upon someone; to curse; to charm; to conjure; (arch.) to treat illness (with a prayer)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
therapy; treatment; remedy; cure
to throw on the fire; to burn
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
immediately; right away; on the spot
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to sting (i.e. bee, wasp, etc.)
to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin); to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)
very young; little; childish; immature
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear