crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
tenement house; row house
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
time; hour; season; time of the year
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
that; the matter in question
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
mask; disguise; guise; mask