to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing
having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
the three gods of creation; five-grain guardian gods
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
100,000,000,000; hundred billion; many
item; must-have; must-have item; (inventory) item; pick-up
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
fine article; masterpiece
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to be saved up (of money)
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
while alive; during one's lifetime
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
to be remembered; to go down in history
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
collecting; accumulating; gathering; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.)
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
great war; great battle; world war
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war