period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
prohibition; inhibition; ban
Maria Kannon; statue of the Virgin Mary disguised as a Buddhist Kannon statue, used by hidden Christians during the Edo period
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
confusion; mixing; merger
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
change; transition; vicissitudes
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
firm; strong; solid; stable
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
form; shape; figure; visage
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
war; fighting; fierce competition
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
many; much; plenty; hardly
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
contradiction; inconsistency
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
still; even now; to this day
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
the relation of master to servant
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...