to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional
teacher; instructor; professor
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
to subsist; to keep on living
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life