last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
slapping the opponent with the open hand
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
spine; backbone; spinal column
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
to take command; to give direction
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
on the occasion of; at the time of
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
major (recording) label debut
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
from the viewpoint of; according to
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
that is to say; so that means
to have a lewd look on one's face; to ogle
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to run a shop; to have a shop
to become the subject of rumours or conversations
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material