-less; lacking; non-existing
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
forcibly; against one's will
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
beforehand; in advance; previously
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
way (of doing); manner; method; means
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to flare up; to burst into flames
going through; going via; going by way of
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to tower over the surroundings
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to watch for an unguarded moment
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to become frayed; to become loose
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees