demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
to press a question; to cross-examine
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary
that; the matter in question
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
adherent; devotee; believer
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
convenient; handy; useful
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
refinement; narrowing-down
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
offender; criminal; culprit
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment