phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to dispose of; to sell off
such; like that; that sort of; very
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to be eye-popping; to be staggering; to be amazing
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
large amount of money; great cost
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
whispering; murmuring; subdued
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
target group; target persons
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
in deep black; in jet black