safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
conviction; belief; confidence
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
intelligence; intellect; brains
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
a second time; again; once more; twice
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; Ise Grand Shrine
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)