securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
remarkable; striking; obvious
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
scene; sight; scenario; setting
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
complete change; about-face
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
judgment; judgement; discernment
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling