the same as always; day after day
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
plagiarism; plagiarised work
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
one day; (on) a certain day
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
change; alteration; modification
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
official history; authorized history
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to be born; to come into the world
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care