stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
main temple; main building of a shrine; alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; central building of a palace; State Chamber
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
strangely shaped rocks; massive rock of unusual shape
flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
colored thread; coloured thread
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
eyes made of crystal, glass, etc. inserted into the head of a Buddhist statue; beautiful female eyes
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to happen to meet; to come across
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to creep about; to crawl around
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
to join together; to combine; to join up
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
eloquence or flattery designed to deceive
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to bind (with rope, etc.)
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety