main question; real issue at hand
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
hostility; antagonism; opposition
stepping back; drawing back
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
expression; look; countenance; face
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
to summon courage; to be brave
metallic sound; metallic clank
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
slowly and quietly; smoothly
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to be prolonged; to drag on
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
position; location; base; point; site
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
personality; style; appearance
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
carefree; free from worry
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
charming; fascinating; attractive