to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
opposite; reverse; contrary
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
several years standing; over several years
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
god of death; death deity; Death
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to grow older (esp. older than other people in the same group or situation); to advance in age; to be very aged
it's not like; it isn't as if
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
extremely familiar; very well-acquainted
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
honorific/polite/humble prefix
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
secret; private; surreptitious
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
mobilization; mobilisation
neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)