opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
weave; weaving; woven item
everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)
production (e.g. play); direction
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
admiration; wonder; astonishment
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
law-like nature; regularity
nonetheless; nevertheless
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to indicate; to show; to point to
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to surround; to crowd around
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
perception; sensing; noticing
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to be sooty; to be stained
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.