total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
door; gate; opening; title page
stairs; stairway; staircase
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
adventure story; novel of adventure
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
person who sees someone else off (e.g. at the airport)
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
Kadokawa Shoten (publisher)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
poplar (esp. Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra var. italica)
Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
mobile; mobile (sculpture)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to play a leading role; to play a central part