to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
clearing one's throat; cough
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
race (of people); type of person
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
ratio; proportion; percentage
and; thereupon; because of that
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
law; ban; prohibition; ordinance
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
horseplay; fooling around
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
text; provisions (act, treaty)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
Hijikata Toshizou (1835.5.31-1869.6.20)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
reality; actuality; hard fact
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
for example; for instance; e.g.
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
great trouble; difficulty
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour