(with a) start; fright; alarm
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
innumerable; countless; numberless
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
visual hallucination; vision
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
woman; female; feminine gender
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
youthful; young; young-looking
to have (something) innate; to be born with
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
command; lead; generalship; leadership
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
without the least difference; exactly; perfectly; to the inch
to be reflected in a mirror
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses