ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
rottenness; decay; corruption
sound; tone; note; ring; chirp
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
one's wife and mistress(es)
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
stirred up; inspired; moved to action
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to crawl out of; to creep out of
petty thief; pilferer; sneak thief
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
pleased to make your acquaintance
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey; dark gray; deceitful employee; unfaithful servant
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
spherical; globular; globe-shaped
black spot; dark spot; sunspot
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
in proportion to; just as much as