folklore studies; folkloristics
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
ten; 10; ten years of age
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
superior; excellent; fine
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
jack of all trades, master of none
sublime; noble; high-minded
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
ancient time; age of the gods; mythological age; time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
way of calling (something or someone)
as stated; verbatim; literally
in person; personally; (do) oneself
origin; source; beginning; starting point
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
sub-; second-rate; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
testimony; (verbal) evidence
unconfirmed; unidentified
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
transcendence; transcendency
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)