to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
divining sticks; counting; calculation
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
private citizen; civilian
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
to bring calamity upon oneself; to invite disaster; to court disaster
to stick it out (until the end)
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
one by one; in detail; minutely
highway route (Edo period); main route
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference