to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
don't push yourself too hard; don't force yourself
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
under the staircase; understairs
ray (of light); beam; light
loss of eyesight; loss of sight; going blind; blindness
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
increasing in size; becoming bigger; enlargement
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
omen; sign; notice; indication
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
faint memory; vague memory; dim memory; vague recollection
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
enticement; inducement; attraction
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
person who has died at his post (in the performance of his duties)
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
death penalty; capital punishment
(death from) starvation; starving to death
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
service for the benefit of suffering spirits