nod; inclination of the head
more than usual; especially; particularly
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
than; from; out of; except; but; more
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
how; in what way; how about
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
programme; program; plans; arrangements
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
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)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
country; territory; domain; realm
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
royal castle; imperial castle
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
surroundings; environs; circumference
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to surround; to crowd around
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
festival; feast; carnival
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...
a round; a turn; going around; first anniversary of a person's death
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)