one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
evil spirit; demon; devil
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to show up; to appear; to turn up
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
standby; preparation; arrangement
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
independent action; acting alone
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally