ninja implement (shuriken, etc.)
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
before it happens; previously
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
falling of the curtain; coming to an end
before one could; in no time at all; without a gap
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
questions and answers; dialogue
outbreak of war; starting a war
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
great mountain; large mountain
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
audience; attendance; hearers
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
way of reciting; way of telling a story
personality; style; appearance
to ask a question of (a person)
irrational (line of) argument
moment (of force); momentum
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song