space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
to overflow from something full
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
meeting to show respect for the aged
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to crawl out of; to creep out of
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
slim; slender; slight; delicate
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
semi-transparent; translucent
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
dark clouds; black clouds