confusion; distraction; derangement
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
apparently; appears to be
evening; night; nighttime
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
getting an advance (on one's salary)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
like this; in this way; as you see
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
debt collector; bill collector; repo man
to intertwine; to twist together
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
that is to say; so that means
very short and stout; small but quite wide around
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
gender; distinction of sex; sex
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated