to be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a reply
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to become pale; to turn pale
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
euphoria; eudemonia; euphoric
without; but if; otherwise; or else
early (days); initial stage; initial
to be able to manage somehow or another
story; tale; talk; discussion
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
indicate reason; infers some protest
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
tradition; legend; folklore
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
face; looks; vestiges; trace
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
directly opposite; right in front
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
if so; in that case; in that situation
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
whispering into a person's ear
massing (of troops); gathering
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
interception (email); wiretap; bug
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
even if not; even without
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
so to speak; so to call it; as it were