religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
nothing but; none other than
secret; private; surreptitious
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
eating; bite (in fishing)
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
world tree (religious or mythological motif)
Yggdrasil (tree in Norse mythology)
to be born; to come into this world
to lend an ear to; to listen to
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
moderate; proper; just right
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
depravity; corruption; degradation
wandering; rambling; roaming
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion