big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to be at a loss for words
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to grimace; to make a wry face
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
slap in the face; slap on the cheek
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
promotion (school, military, etc.)
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
(brute) force; using all one's might
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
moving about; stirring about
insectivorous plants; carnivorous plants
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
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)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid