to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
menial; meanness; servility; abject
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
connection; link; relationship
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
book making (binding, publishing)
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
if it is the case that ...
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
pre-war days; before the war
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
war; fighting; fierce competition
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)