congestion caused by a traffic accident
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)
to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
reflection; evening glow; sunset glow
scattering; sprinkling; shaking
Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)
face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)
miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person
area around the Hachikō statue at Shibuya Station in Tokyo (popular meeting point)
whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
blue dragon; Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; shape of an old pine tree
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to fall flat; to fall face down
background image; static image
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
overlap; duplication; doubling
kalavinka; imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes
prematurely gray hair; prematurely grey hair
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
to be extremely dangerous
to slide down; to slip down
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)