poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
rest in peace; requiescat in pace; RIP
all; entire; whole; altogether
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
ichimatsu doll; traditional Japanese doll with a torso made of hardened sawdust
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
charges; billing; paying for items in online games
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
shoji (paper sliding door)
to shake; to sway; to waver
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other