My words

嘆願

たんがん

entreaty, appeal, petition

置き土産

おきみやげ

parting gift, remembrance, aftereffect

揺蕩う

たゆたう たゆとう

to sway to and fro, to drift about, to flutter, to flicker to be fickle, to be irresolute, to vacillate, to waver

至高

しこう

supreme, supremacy

虚ろ

うつろ

blank, cavity, hollow, empty (space)

噛み合わせる

かみあわせる

to clench (teeth), to engage (gears) to set to fighting

相争う

あいあらそう

to fight with each other, to fight amongst yourselves

手の甲

てのこう

back of the hand

蠢く

うごめく

to wriggle, to squirm, to crawl like a worm

故あって

ゆえあって

for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances

疑似

ぎじ

suspected, pseudo, sham, quasi, false, mock

付与

ふよ

grant, allowance, endowment, bestowal, assignment, conferment

詳細

しょうさい

detail, particulars

悪しき

あしき

badness, evilness bad, evil

類似性

るいじせい

resemblance, similarity, analogy

弄する

ろうする

to play with, to joke, to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.) to deride, to scoff at, to make fun of

胴元

どうもと

bookmaker (in gambling), manager

妄執

もうしゅう

deep-rooted delusion firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)

唐土

もろこし とうど

China Chinese

係累

けいるい

dependents, family members that one has to support encumbrances, things that tie one down

滑らす

すべらす ずらす

to shift, to slide (e.g. something away from something else), to move (e.g. something out of the way) to put off, to delay, to postpone, to stagger (e.g. working hours)

面映ゆい

おもはゆい

embarrassed, self-conscious, bashful, abashed

黄泉戸喫

よもつへぐい

eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)

霊地力

Reichi-ryoku

spiritual power

蓄え

たくわえ

store, reserve, stock, savings

近場

ちかば ちか ば

nearby place

陣取る

じんどる

to encamp, to take up positions

屋台

やたい

cart (esp. a food cart), stall, stand festival float, portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house, dancing platform stage prop fashioned after a large building framework (of a house, etc.) house (esp. a small and miserable house)

引きこもる

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

伺う

うかがう

to ask, to inquire, to hear, to be told to implore (a god for an oracle), to seek direction (from your superior) to visit to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)