to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
world; society; people; the public
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
reality; actuality; hard fact
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
only; merely; but; no more than
because of; owing to; due to
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
until now; so far; up to the present
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
always; all the time; never; usual; regular