to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
concerning; per; on account of
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
had better ...; may as well ...
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
to press against each other; to huddle together
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to strengthen; to beef up; to put on a firm basis; to ensure; to secure
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to hunt down
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
destiny; will of Heaven; luck
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
change; alteration; modification
preparation; arrangements
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
dated; date; fixed; external
to blame; to find fault with