hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
anything and everything; just about everything
this world; this life; world of the living
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
bedside; near one's pillow
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
speech; expression; wording; language
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to have a talk; to tell a story
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
scenery; scene; landscape
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
other side; opposite side; other party
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still