to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
creation; Creation (by God)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
returning no more (usu. of a person who has died); dying
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
instability; insecurity; crankiness
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
guidance; leadership; leading the way
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
as usual; as is one's habit
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
windings; meanderings; complications; twists and turns
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
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
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)