ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
embodiment; realization; materialization
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
messenger; envoy; emissary
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
video game (played on a home console)
influence; effect; impact
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
rising; ascending; climbing
villain; baddie; the villain's part
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
adventure story; novel of adventure
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
Ireland (country); Republic of Ireland; Éire; Ireland (island)