dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to hide; to conceal oneself
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
absolutely; positively; decidedly
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to make sense; to be meaningful
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
one thin flat object; one sheet
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to blaze; to burn brightly
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to be jealous; to be envious
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
style of tie-dyeing used during the Nara era
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
chair; stool; post; office; position
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
to fall flat; to fall face down