acrobatics; risky undertaking
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore
white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
Mycobacterium leprae; the bacteria that causes Hansen's disease (leprosy)
theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher)
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
painting; colored artwork; coloured artwork; overglaze enamels (on pottery)
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
scattered animal feed; ground bait
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
bungalow; one-story house
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
repair; renovation; restoration
walking heavily; lumbering
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly (shining)
smouldering fire; smoldering fire; embers
oracle; revelation; divine message
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
tragic death; violent death
to exile; to banish; to revise the wording of a phrase
interruption; suspension; break