work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
stirring; slight movement
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
horror film; horror movie
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904; Irish-Greek-born Japanese writer); Koizumi Yakumo
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
author; writer; novelist; artist
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
(some) more; even more; longer; further
senior high school student
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing