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
equality; impartiality; evenness
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
great speed; recklessly fast speed
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
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
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
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
bucket maker; well maker; cooper; hooper
to be profitable; to yield a profit
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
extension; prolongation; enlargement (e.g. of a photograph)
second coming; second advent
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
land subsidence; decline in influence
all-America; pan-American; all of America
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush