brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
suddenly disappears somewhere
to be charged with a mission
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
do not let your guard down after a victory; (lit.) tighten the strings of your helmet after winning
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
to succeed; to bear fruit
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
error; mistake; slip; bug
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
one or two; a few; small number
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
very likely; very probable
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
feebleness; weakness; weak
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to get one's head around; to think about
depository; storage area; storage location; storage site
and (also); both ... and; as well as
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
performing without rehearsal
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)