miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
thickness; profundity; depth
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
thunder on a clear day; lightning that starts a fire
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
blow; shock; strike; batting
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
group; bunch; crowd; group
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
all you have to do is; just; that's all
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
compensating; making up for; supplementation
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
residence; housing; residential building
one house; the same house
to congratulate; to celebrate