to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
advance; moving forward; progress
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
walking heavily; lumbering
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
please (give me); please (do for me)
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
the very best; excellent; superb
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but