sickle and chain (weapon)
corridor; hallway; passageway
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
Magic Tape (brand of hook-and-loop fastener, equiv. to Velcro)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
seeing one off; farewell; escort
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
secret; private; surreptitious
long ago; once upon a time
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
evening meal; dinner; supper
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
descendant; posterity; offspring
our country; our land; one's own country
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
forevermore; for eternity
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?