blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
at a stroke; with a single swoop
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
enough is enough; no further!
incident; affair; happening; event
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
private funds; own funds; private property
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
epitaph; inscription on a tombstone
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
ration; stipend; allowance
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
breathing of a sleeping person
imperial envoy; imperial messenger
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
having no special rank or title
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
polite; courteous; hospitable