prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
kindness; intimacy; friendship
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to step back; to walk backwards
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
proposal; proposition; suggestion
salamander (in mythology); salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
immortal; undying; indestructible
to keep a record; to keep a tally