preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
too many to count; too numerous to mention
the West; the Occident; Western countries
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus
jack-o'-lantern; jack o'lantern
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
to cry and shout; to scream
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
(present) head of a family
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
many; much; plenty; hardly
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
family; relatives; dependents; household
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
around the world; throughout the world
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
temporary; transitory; short-lived
riches and honours (honors); wealth and rank
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
preliminary step; first step
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly