good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
limestone cave; limestone cavern
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
very likely; very probable
fixed date; settlement date
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
shrew (any rodent of family Soricidae, esp. those of genus Sorex)
Rodentia; order comprising the rodents
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
sudden drop; precipitous slope
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
covered in mud; mud-caked