incident; affair; happening; event
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
to turn towards; to point
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
Island; insula; island; islet
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
so what!; who gives a damn?
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
very; much; greatly; a lot of
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
theatre; theater; playhouse
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
account book; register; ledger
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
at that time; in those days
eternity; permanence; perpetuity