the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
confusion; distraction; derangement
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
child's tear-stained face
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
powerful spectacles; strong glasses
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
and; thereupon; because of that
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
human kindness; human weakness
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
old version; previous version
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
descendant; scion; lineage
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
snake; serpent; large snake
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?