to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
almost; roughly; approximately
all; entire; whole; altogether
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
on the occasion of; at the time of
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason
employer's house; master's house
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
function; facility; faculty; feature
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
blocking the way; standing in the way
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
offensive (movement); aggression