personal use; private use; private business; personal business
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
absentmindedness; peace of mind
delivery; transfer; hand-over
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to begin talking; to open up
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
present continuous tense; present progressive form
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to raise one's voice; to shout