work left uncompleted at death; work one accomplished during one's lifetime
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
Doll's Festival (March 3); Girls' Festival; Peach Festival
great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
head; chief; boss; leader
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
at a young age; while still young
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
older brother; elder brother
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
hostility; animosity; enmity