dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
endurance; perseverance; patience
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
preservation; retainment; keeping
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
sobriety; soberness; sober face
top of the head; vertex; parietal
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
possessed of a strong sense of duty
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
even if; even though; however; no matter how
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
offensive (movement); aggression
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
Wu (Chinese emperor); Butei
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
drenched; soaked; romantically
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game