ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast
unidentifiable; unidentified
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
by means of; due to; because of; according to
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
no photographs; no photography
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
Garuda (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth); Garua
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
unauthorized; without permission; unapproved; lack of permission; absence of authorization
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
immediately; at once; instantly
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
please (give me); please (do for me)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)