ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to move forward; to move on
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
error of judgment; miscalculation
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
rope; cord; policeman's rope
Squamata; order of scaled reptiles; Pholidota (order of pangolins)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection
uroboros; ouroboros (image of a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail)