windless; calm; no-wind; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
solid (body); solid matter; solid-state
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
world tree (religious or mythological motif)
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
cave; cavern; grotto; dwelling made in a cave; house carved into rock
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
return; restoring; return (in tennis, etc.); return (key); return; profit
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
dizzyingly; with one's head swimming
to make a lasting impression
with a loud smack; whack; slap; crack; snap
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
even assuming that ...; even granted that ...