to claim victims; to leave casualties
state funeral; national funeral
to claim victims; to cause casualties
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
believer; devotee; follower; adherent; convert; disciple
impiety; unbelief; infidelity
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
(top) half naked; naked above the waist
above; going steadily upward
much less; to say nothing of
self-mutilation; self-injury
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
shore; bank (of a body of water)
in the earth; in the ground; underground
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
bright (esp. of the moon); broad and empty
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
form of government; system of government; polity
degenerate age; corrupt word; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law
before it happens; previously
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
praise; worship; adoration; glorification
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
battle of wits; contest of wits
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless