plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
observatory; observation post
wind-swept; exposed to the wind
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
phosphorescence; luminescence
tens of thousands of years
to machine; to cut; to scrape
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
declaration; proclamation; announcement
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
as expected; as predicted
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
bird; bard (esp. as a character class in role-playing games)
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
the entire force (of soldiers)
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace