(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
my thoughts; my opinions; my feelings
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
absence; disregard; indifference
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
how many people; a number of people
anyone; any person; whoever
to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
this (very thing); this precisely
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to push aside; to brush aside
prohibition; ban; embargo
grapple; scuffle; fight; defeating one's enemy on the battlefield
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed