follower; attendant; valet; servant
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
oracle; revelation; divine message
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to speak; to say; to vocalize
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
side door; side gate; wicket gate
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to appease; to suppress; to calm
edge of town; outskirts of a village
help; assistance; service
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
one's own property; possessions
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
impossible to do (although wants to)
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
at the risk of one's life; even if (I) die; even if it kills one (me, him, etc.); at all costs; no matter what; as long as I live
to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off