curse; spell; malediction
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
village; human habitation; human settlement
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
recompense; indemnity; atonement
time; hour; period; class
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
recovery; undoing; recall
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
number one; first; best; most; game; round
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
trifling; trivial; slight
single word; a few words; brief comment
to squeeze out; to wring out
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous