to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
to extend; to expand; to spread out
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
pride; boast; credit (to)
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
to smile broadly; to grin widely
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
order of chivalry; chivalric order
striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion; excommunication
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)