covering; protection; backing; relief
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
near oneself; close to one; familiar
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
decoration; ornament; trimmings
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
here and there; in places
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
curse; spell; malediction
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
by means of; due to; because of; according to
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to have a rumor circulating
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
established (certain) fact
this world; this life; world of the living
magic; sorcery; incantation
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained