originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
jōjutsu; form of martial art using a cane staff
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
creator; inventor; creative; content creator; developer
keel (of a ship); Fossilia ossis mastodi (traditional Chinese medicine); dragon bone; longgu
scrap of cloth; odds and ends
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
to hide; to conceal oneself
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
distinctive; characteristic
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
visit (from someone); call
way; method; means; resource; course
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end