pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
by itself; automatically; naturally
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
on countless occasions; many a time
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
release; emission; ejection
Kanda myoujin - shrine near Ochanomizu station, Tokyo
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
great depth; bottomless; great height
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
center; centre; metropolis
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
piling up; multiple layers
light; faint; pale; fleeting
standing tall; towering; soaring
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...