pursuer; pursuing party; posse
personal combat; one-to-one fight
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
fresh wound; fresh bruise
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
very likely; very probable
dose; installment; instalment
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
solid (body); solid matter; solid-state
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to come to one's senses; to calm down
farming implement; farm tools
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to die; to lay down life's burden
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground