miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to have an air of sublimity; to appear majestic
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to boost; to force up; to push up
boiled and half-dried bonito
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
quite; utterly; really; completely
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
to become frayed; to become loose
to flare up; to burst into flames
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
middle of the night; dead of night
mountain road; mountain trail
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
hostility; animosity; enmity
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully