danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
distant look; faraway look
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
high ground; plateau; heights
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
everyone has a past; every person has their own history
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
having no idea; having no clue
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
successively; one after another
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
one's own army; one's own team
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
talk about various topics
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)