softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
and; thereupon; because of that
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
to follow advice; to act upon advice
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
hills and fields; countryside
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside