to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
permission; approval; authorization; license
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to slide into; to slip into
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
by sheer strength; by brute force
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to practice magic; to practise magic
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
to be intimate with; to befriend
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
demonstration; show of force
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for