to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to have meaning; to be meaningful
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
introduced species; non-native species; alien species
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
many; a lot; much; multitude
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
three; three years of age
future prospects; promise
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
deep emotion; strong feelings
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
because of; owing to; due to
to take back; to recapture
to be opposite; to face each other
to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
difficult to ...; hard to ...
statue; picture; picture revealing character
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by