strong pressure; heavy pressure
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to wait for an opportunity
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
understood; I see; OK; present; here
birth; creation; formation
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
surname; family name; last name
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
award for distinguished service
people; citizens; subjects; folk
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
corridor; hallway; passageway
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
incident; affair; happening; event
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
opinion; intention; thought
delivery; transfer; hand-over
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
generous; broad-minded; big-hearted