weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
unification of the whole country
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
family; relatives; dependents; household
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
in the meanwhile; during the time
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
strengthening of relations
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
in the same way as; just like
honorific/polite/humble prefix
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to come to bloodshed; to see bloodshed