village; hamlet; countryside; country
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
feigned tears; crocodile tears
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
one's place of appointment; one's post
(not) merely; (not) simply
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
one's long-cherished desire
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
whole story; full picture; full particulars
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
control; check; restraint; inhibition
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
towering; astonishingly high
densely covered in thick hair; hairy; fuzzy
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
wet nurse; nursing mother
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)