a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
regulars; regular soldiers
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
groundless rumor (rumour)
last ray of hope; only hope
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
labor; labour; toil; hardship
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
to arrive; to come to pass
to apply pressure to; to press
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
useless resistance; vain struggle
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)