youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
overanxiety; needless worry
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
influenced (by); under an influence
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
without thinking of the consequences
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
covert action; covert operations
in that way; like that; that way
certainly; surely; definitely
belligerence; fighting spirit