thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
frequency (of occurrence)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
it is I who should say so
(distinction of) sex; gender
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
peace (esp. of the world); peace and calm; tranquility; tranquillity
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
to go first; to take the lead; to lead the way
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness
strict observance of the commandment that all priests should be celibate
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
biological child; one's own child
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
several people; a few people
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy