immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
crown; diadem; bottle cap
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)
gesture; gesticulation; motion
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
prompt; immediate; in real time
private funeral; secret burial
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
airhead (of a male); ditz
the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)
to fit (inside something)
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
three times; thrice; third (interval)
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
old soldier; veteran; old hand
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
(in-person) meetup (of members of an online community); IRL meetup; offline get-together; offline gathering
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
offense; offence; method of attack