atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
selection; choice; option
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
back street; back alley; off-street
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
conduct; behavior; behaviour
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
silence (not speaking); muteness
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
it's been a long time; long time no see
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance