not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
puddle of blood; pool of blood
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
to cover fully; to wrap around
to pay for one's transgression; to receive punishment for one's crime
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
attenuation; damping; decay
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
propulsive power; driving force
reduction by half; halving
to have one's name entered (in a list)
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head; (lit.) to become a tengu
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge