one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
changing completely; transformation
to break the silence; to break one's silence
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to bring; to take; to bring about
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
such; this sort of; like this
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to compose; to put together
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to line up with; to be a member of; to rank with; to attend; to take part in
to hang (something) on the wall
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base