imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
walking briskly; determinedly
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
charm; incantation; spell; curse
to engrave in one's heart; (lit.) to inscribe on one's bones
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
thin or light silk; sheer silk; veil (mystery)
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to fight to the bitter end
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
key (to understanding); point (e.g. of an argument)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
precarious situation; precarious state
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
fireside; hearth; by the fire
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
every evening; every night
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to forget completely; to leave behind
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish