circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
while; during; while; although; all; both
coincident with; while; simultaneously
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
library; book collection; paperback book
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
attendance; presence; visit; coming; advent
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
chief; main; principal; major
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
senior high school; high school
life; living; I; me; student
god of war; (fig.) war hero
authority; power; function
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
cross; crossed; cruciform
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
ago; since; before; previous
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)