to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
station; office; guardroom
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
two halves of the whole; two wheels on which everything rolls
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
optimism; taking an optimistic view
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to stop blowing (of wind); to blow over; to blow itself out; to die down; to subside; to abate
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to finish; to end; to be completed; to fulfill one's obligations
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
way; method; means; (technical) specification
false charge; slander; defamation
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to move out (of a house, etc.); to vacate
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
dependent on luck; matter of luck
news; word; tidings; omen
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money