user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
to brave a danger; to take a risk
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
shady; underhanded; questionable
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
ex post facto report; report after the event
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
whispering into a person's ear
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to resound; to make a stir
stepping back; drawing back
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around