(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
very young; little; childish; immature
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
mystical power inherent in words; spirit of language
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
magical particles (permeating the world in fantasy); magicules; ether; mana; magical energy
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
interference; intervention; meddling
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to reach out (for); to extend one's reach (towards); to set one's sights (on); to work towards (getting, becoming, etc.); to put out a feeler; (lit.) to extend one's tentacles
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
quarrel; dispute; argument
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...