bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
way of speaking; intimation
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to loiter; to waste money
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to rebuke; to scold harshly
to have a talk; to tell a story
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
all present; all concerned; all of us
such; this sort of; like this
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to head home; to leave for home
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while