(arch.) divining; (arch.) telling a fortune; (arch.) predicting; choosing; settling; fixing
shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; incarnation; transformation
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
an inch ahead; the immediate future
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to put on airs; to assume importance
contrary to one's expectations
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
serious; severe; grave; acute
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
official announcement; proclamation
to misrepresent; to distort; to belie
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to surge (water or waves)
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
one roll; one book; one volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
person concerned; interested party; related party
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
descriptive poetry; epic poem
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
Imperial cortege (procession)
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
with each person; with everyone