have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
folk beliefs; folk religion
oppression; suppression; pressure
expulsion movement; boycott
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to practice magic; to practise magic
just a handful; only a small number (of)
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
destiny; will of Heaven; luck
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
remarkable; striking; obvious
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to come back; to bloom a second time
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
money-making; earning money
every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
secret; private; surreptitious
every place; various places
whole nation; whole land; whole country
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
in the same way as; just like
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)