straying; wandering off course
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
tone (of voice); manner of talking
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
treatment; service; handling; management
person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave
Gashadokuro; mythical giant skeleton monster
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
complete works; complete collection; complete series
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
field; plain; prairie; moor
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to show up; to appear; to turn up
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
(written) work; book; writings
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryōiki
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
to say; to be pleased to say
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
fleshing out (e.g. a plan); giving substance (to); modeling; modelling
assumption; supposition; hypothesis