to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
discovery; detection; finding
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
royal capital; imperial capital
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple