area; domain; territory; field; range; region
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
superstition; superstitious belief
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
woman; female; feminine gender
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to laugh away; to laugh off
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to whine; to make feeble complaints
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
sublime; noble; high-minded
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to indicate; to show; to point to
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
emotional strength; force of will
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
accomplishment; execution
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to