indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
to sit silently at a meeting
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
inscrutable; incomprehensible
passage; path; route; one's way
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
consideration; taking into account
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
military adviser; military advisor
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
burlesque; low comedy; farce
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to say (something) over one's shoulder
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
flexible (person); open-minded
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit