shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
19th day of the month; 19 days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to order; to command; to appoint
disturbance; riot; mayhem
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
marriage proposal; courtship
master; teacher; stable master
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
tedious; boring; being fed up with
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to continue to do; to persist in doing
day of month; counter for days
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
troubled face; worried expression
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without