before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
title of honour; title of honor
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
leader of a delegation (body, party)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
settlement out of court; private settlement
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
cord (esp. for suspending something)
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to rush back; to run back
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to gather; to collect; to assemble
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to stop walking; to pause
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing