status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
cassette (tape); game cartridge
to replace; to substitute
sleepwalking; somnambulism; noctambulism
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
out of focus; off the point
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
explosion; rupture; break off
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
imaginary; fantastical; visionary; utopian; quixotic; fanciful
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to die out; to become extinct
to go with the flow; to go with the times
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to hide; to conceal oneself
like this; such; thus; in this way
to watch steadily; to stare