platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
richly colored; richly coloured
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to be charmed by; to be attracted to; to be taken with; to be drawn to
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
silence (not speaking); muteness
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
future years; in (one's) later years
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
imagination; supposition; guess
to rise; to erect; to get up
to stop walking; to pause
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
such; this sort of; like this
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
fortune-telling; divination
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching