incident; affair; happening; event
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
conversely; on the contrary
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
successive generations; successive emperors
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
exceptional item; extraordinary product
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
with a crack; with a smash
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to cover fully; to wrap around
skeleton (of a vertebrate, ship, building, etc.); transparency (revealing the inner workings of a device); translucency; skeleton (sport); skeleton (code)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
thousands; several thousand
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
welcome!; nice to see you!