quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
close call; narrow escape
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
witnessing; observing; sighting
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to backfire; to have a harmful result
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
to affect; to impact; to influence
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to become frayed; to become loose
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
directions; instructions; orders; command
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
at the last moment; this late in the game
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
one more time; once more; once again