to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to threaten; to make threats
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
second marriage; remarriage
child from previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
cutting roots; extermination; rooting out
like that; that way; thus
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
(one's) younger brother; foolish younger brother
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
trade; buying and selling
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
serious; severe; grave; acute
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
to appease; to suppress; to calm
jumping to a wrong conclusion