to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
internal organ; viscera; gut
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
charming; fascinating; attractive
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to comfort one another; to offer each other consolation
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
yourself; himself; herself
the last moment; the very end
way of speaking; intimation
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
misunderstanding; misperception; difference in understanding
one by one; in detail; minutely
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma