guard; security (officer); guardsman
in deep black; in jet black
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
tiled; covered with ceramic tiles
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
torii; Shinto shrine archway
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
civilized society; civilised society
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
construction; establishment
waterworks bureau; water department
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
society; public; community; social studies
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
sales; selling; marketing
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
(on) one's own; (by) oneself