eyesight; vision; visual acuity
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to show signs of; to appear
to daub; to brush; to touch up
tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters; 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters; one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top)
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (arch.) going on foot; (arch.) walking
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
sheep skin; fleece; parchment
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
talk; recital; narration; topic
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
order; command; life; destiny; fate
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
gold; gold coin; gold colour (color)
beyond imagination; unimaginable
rewriting (book); renewal; transfer of ownership
living thing; organism; creature; biology
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed
bluish sheen; steel-blue sheen
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
column of water; water column
yoke; constraints; oppression