to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
with profound (and often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
getting (very) cold; becoming (much) colder; chill; cooling down (of economic activity); slowdown; decline
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to try to do; to attempt to do
(one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
to spring at; to leap upon
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
hostile party; enemy side
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; (lit.) azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed