bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
just one person; only one
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
aggression; invasion; raid
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to thrust before; to thrust at
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)