as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination
enlightenment; instruction
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
arbitrator; mediator; go-between
painless childbirth; painless delivery; obstetric analgesia for labor (e.g. epidural)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
call; summons; convening; convocation
name of a god; name of a shrine
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
perfect; just right; ideal
eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)
corn salad (Valerianella olitoria); lamb's lettuce
corn salad (Valerianella olitoria); lamb's lettuce
to leave something as it is
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
imperial authority; imperial majesty
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
imaginary; fantastical; visionary; utopian; quixotic; fanciful
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)