visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember
breathily (while talking)
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
at the bedside where one dreams
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
somehow; for some reason or other
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
oracle; revelation; divine message
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to help each other; to cooperate
savior; saviour; rescuer; the Savior; the Saviour
guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook
to be remembered; to go down in history
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
for the first time in one's life
famous brand of sake; choice sake
to get distracted; to jump off the track
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears