to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
body; group; party; company; troupe
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
too much; excessively; too
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
on countless occasions; many a time
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to run about; to rush about
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
memories; recollections; reminiscence
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to dye; to colour; to color
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to thrust before; to thrust at
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
reality; actuality; hard fact