light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
column shape; cylinder; columnar
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
circular window; round window
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
whereabout; about where; how much
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to droop; to hang down; to weep
half mirror; 50% beam splitter
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
drop (e.g. of water); drip
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect