telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out
placing three fingers of each hand on the floor (while bowing respectfully); (lit.) three fingers (specifically the thumb, index finger and middle finger)
(your) choice; preference; wish
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
leaving; quitting; retiring
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
stairs; stairway; staircase
occurrence; happening; taking place; completion
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
spread; span; expanse; extent
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to
rather; sooner; preferably
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
to cause a stir; to have repercussions; to generate controversy
boat for transporting mud; boat made from mud (in folktales); (fig.) sinking ship
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
on the street; around town; the world; the public
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
duplicity; treachery; double-dealing
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry