feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
expression; presentation; representation; notation
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
unexpected; contrary to expectations; unforeseen
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to stiffen; to become stiff
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to keep away; to keep at a distance
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
very; greatly; exceedingly
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
failure; mistake; blunder
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
open; spacious; extensive
thorough; exhaustive; complete
knuckle dusters; brass knuckles
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)