to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
monetary offering; offertory
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
God; god; ace; king; superior person
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
grotesque; disgusting; gross
river; stream; River; the ... river
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
human pillar; human sacrifice
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
calamity; disaster; misfortune
literature; books (reference); document
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
at that time; in those days
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
interruption; suspension; break
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
plural; multiple; several
senior high school student