vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
production (e.g. play); direction
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
so what!; who gives a damn?
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to hold something reverently with both hands
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to make an appeal; to urge
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility