answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
postwar period; period after Second World War
for dear life; barely escaping alive
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to backfire; to have a harmful result
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
to detain; to check; to restrain
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
to paint (draw) a picture
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
fortune-telling; divination
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
study; diligence; discount; reduction
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)