grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
one thin flat object; one sheet
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
to throw into; to toss into
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
will not do; do not; does not
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard