bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
stairs; stairway; staircase
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
blue sky; azure sky; spring sky; God; the Creator
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
purple lightning; flash; swordflash
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
sound of thunder; large, thunderous voice
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
returning; coming back; returning to the service of one's master
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
shikigami; spirit used by onmyōji sorcerers