haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
rescue mission; evacuation operation
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
to cause to swell; to inflame
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
this world; the present world
not revealing (thoughts, feelings); not breathing a word
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
decorum; propriety; politeness
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
somersault; looping-the-loop
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
something going right into or coming right out of a place where it fits snugly
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
trivial; not amounting to much
from here; from this place
blue and red; azure and crimson
reward; honorarium; remuneration