(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
squad; section; (naval) division; detachment
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
finish; finishing; finishing touches
advance; moving forward; progress
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
end; extremity (of a village)
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows); fascicle
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
coastal waters; adjacent seas
shoal; wide shallow beach
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages