cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
degeneration; retrogression
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
absence; disregard; indifference
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to hide; to keep to oneself
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
senility; dotage; decrepitude
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
don't you think?; indicates question
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)