surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
how; in what way; how about; questionable
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
alternately; by turns; one after the other
observation; survey; watching
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
presence (impressive quality)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be busy at work; to work diligently
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
air-permeability; breathability
chilly; unpleasantly cold
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend