cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
hokora; small wayside shrine
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
pitch dark; total darkness
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
nesting hole; burrow; den
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to push down; to knock down
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to keep away; to keep at a distance
gossip; corner of the mouth
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to lick off; to take (something) off by licking
pollution; contamination; corruption; graft
tips of one's hair; hair ends
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly