total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
American position; American side; American representatives; American delegation
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
planned; scheduled; systematic
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to throw (oneself); to hurl; to cast; to stir (one's feelings); to get excited; to make (one's heart) pound
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
official announcement; proclamation
to be too late; to be too slow
uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom
living person; the living
indescribable; having no way to express
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
deep inside; innermost place
eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
coating; film; membrane; tunic (plants); capsule
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
marlin (fish of the Istiophoridae family); merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
internationally-minded person; cosmopolitan; cosmopolite; international celebrity
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer