reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
back street; back alley; off-street
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to go ahead; to pull ahead
to lose sight of; to miss
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
(open up) suddenly (of a view); widely; broadly; (disappear) suddenly (of doubt, hesitation, etc.)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
god of death; death deity; Death
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
eradication of malignant spirits (esp. used in fantasy and science fiction)
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
five (long cylindrical things)
to be rearranged or transposed
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)