cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
to scatter away; to vanish
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
stairs; stairway; staircase
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
the way something ought to be; the (current) state of things; how things are
to stay (at); to stop (at)
pronunciation; production of sound
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
region; limits; stage; level
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
gal (unit of gravitational acceleration)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
in one's hands; in one's control
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
with a squish; with a splat
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to drop; to let fall; to omit
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
that is to say; so that means
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated