to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
one's husband; one's wife
intimacy; affection; familiarity
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to be sticky; to be close together
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
framed picture or motto (usu. horizontal, hung over gates or lintels)
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to increase; to add to; to augment
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
house where one was born; one's parents' house
temple dedicated to Kannon
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve