blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
alternately; by turns; one after the other
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
to monitor closely (for rule-breaking, etc.); to keep a close eye on
intelligence network; information network
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence; far-fetched argument; arguing against all reason
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)
unavoidable; inevitable; inescapable; hopeless; beyond help
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; repeatedly
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
trees and stones; unfeeling person
mostly involve; principally involve
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
touché; you've got me there
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
two colours; two varieties; two types
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
deep-seated grudge; hatred
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
outsider; one not included in the favored group; outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo
period of youth; while young
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to throw oneself (into an activity)
division; section; classification; sorting; division