stirring; slight movement
pale; pallid; bluish-white
thin or light silk; sheer silk; veil (mystery)
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
arrangements; preparations
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
allied nation; ally; Central Powers (in WWI)
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
to approach; to draw near
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
defense; defence; protection
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
smallish; on the small side
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
only recently; just of late
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple