difficult to ...; hard to ...
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
beginning; outset; first; onset
welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
opposite bank; farther shore
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
world; society; people; the public
since when; from when; how long
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
normalcy; normality; normal
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
heaven and earth; top and bottom
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to shake off; to throw off