charm; incantation; spell; curse
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
piece of meat; cut of meat
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to be dead; to be lifeless
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
dull sound; muffled sound
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together