laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to push aside; to brush aside
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
speaking voice; talking voice
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to squash; to crush; to flatten
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
back seat (of a car); rear seat
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed