to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
corridor; hallway; passageway
guard; sentinel; garrison
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
several years; a few years
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
denaturation; degeneration
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
it's no joke; gimme a break!
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly