clank-clank; clang-clang; clattering
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
when it comes to ...; as for ...
gallant; manly; chivalrous; dashing; spirited
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
something wrong; something unusual; abnormality; disorder; trouble; change
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
just managing; with great difficulty
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
return journey; one's way home; one's way back
ambush; interception; counter-attack
middle of the night; dead of night
thinking back now; looking back
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
rather; sooner; preferably
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
proposal; offer; request; application
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
both (people); the two of them
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
avenue of cedars (cryptomeria)
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
here and there; around and about
straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
house; dwelling; human habitation
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal