loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
suddenly; all of a sudden
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool
casually (come or go); aimlessly; abruptly; detached (from the world); aloof
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
chance; opportunity; lucky break
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
bright red; crimson lotus flower
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
sour look; surly face; pout
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)