dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
so; like this; in this way
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
strong-willed; strong of heart
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
joint together; opposite; facing
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
black terracotta; black soil
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
overwhelming; conquering; dominating; sweeping (the world); swaying
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
considerably; greatly; a lot
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to encamp; to take up positions
every day and every night
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)