personality; style; appearance
observation; survey; watching
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
from morning to evening; all day long
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
and then; and so; and; so then
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to kick out; to cut back (on spending)
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
to twist hard (e.g. arm, screw)
innocent-looking; looking as though one wouldn't hurt a fly; looking as though butter would not melt in one's mouth
purse; handbag; pocketbook
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
sudden impulse; passing fancy
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
free-standing house; clump (e.g. of trees); group