with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to get angry; to lose one's temper
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
human pillar; human sacrifice
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
water outlet; tap; faucet
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
sudden change; complete change
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
sleepwalker; somnambulist
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
busy; having no (free) time
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to congratulate; to celebrate
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
high heels; high-heeled shoes
to feel the heat; to suffer from the heat; to complain of the heat; to swelter
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase