covering; protection; backing; relief
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
king; monarch; ruler; champion
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
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)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
death penalty; capital punishment
treatment; service; handling; management
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
metallic sound; metallic clank
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to lay aside; to set aside
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance