thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; incarnation; transformation
(thick) scarf; muffler; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
after a long time; for the first time in a while
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
war; fighting; fierce competition
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
living person; the living
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
in one's own way or style
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
(on) land; ground; shore; track and field; athletics