holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
suggestion; hint; implication
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
deep inside; innermost place
old friend; old acquaintance
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to daub; to brush; to touch up
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
good family; respectable family; decent family
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
(one) could even say that
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
isolation; being alone; being friendless
sense of orientation; sense of direction
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
forked tree; forked branch
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others