provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
as if nothing had happened
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
mottled pattern; patchy pattern
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
getting stains out; getting rid of stains
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
image change; changing one's image; makeover
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
black kite (Milvus migrans)