relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
to bring back; to restore
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
date (of a planned event, act, etc.); day; (number of) days
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
curse; spell; malediction
rapid firing; continuous firing; firing in quick succession
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
close; intimate; on good terms
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
soldier; combatant; warrior
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
sexual experience (with men)
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
series of battles; successive battles
trembling with excitement
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
eating heavily; excessive eating; devouring; consuming voraciously
24 hours; twenty-four hours
sweating easily; profuse sweater