mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
throw; throwing; throwing event
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
progress; being under way
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one part; one portion; one section
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
misreading; misinterpreting
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
to part left and right; to open out
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
conviction; belief; confidence