to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to employ; to hire (a servant)
to do someone in; to bump someone off
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
in contrast to (one's, its) appearance
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
styptic; stopping of bleeding
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
impossible; unlikely; improbable
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
these guys; these fellows
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment