to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
serious look (on one's face); straight face
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
snake; serpent; large snake
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
ordinary citizen; the general public
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
one way or the other; either way
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
difficult to ...; hard to ...
if one is unlucky; if one is careless