spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
living thing; organism; creature; biology
two (long cylindrical things)
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed
living thing; living creature; animal; life
bluish sheen; steel-blue sheen
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to find someone's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
column of water; water column
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to snap; to break (under pressure)
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
slim; slender; slight; delicate
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
few decades; many decades; several decades
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
white hair; grey hair; gray hair