to blush; to have flushed cheeks
piece of cake; a walk in the park
jungle; jungle; jungle music
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
control; check; restraint; inhibition
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
surroundings; environs; circumference
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
magic tool (in fiction); magical item
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to say no more; to sink into silence
pressure; oppression; suppression
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately