activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
sword battle (staged for television, etc.); sword fight
one evening; some evenings
love scene; bedroom scene; sex scene
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
river; stream; River; the ... river
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
whether one likes it or not
whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
axle; pivot; center (of power, activity); central point; the Axis (WWII alliance)
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
business; errand; nature of one's business
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate