ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought
many; much; plenty; hardly
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
to look around; to survey
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
to stop (plug) one's ears
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to be needed; to be wanted
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
perception; sensation; awareness
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
veil of darkness; curtain of night
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for