thorough; exhaustive; complete
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
ready with a rifle leveled
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
equality; impartiality; evenness
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
great speed; recklessly fast speed
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)
years since produced (of cars)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
drinking party; banquet; feast
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
starvation; famine; hunger