to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to begin to walk; to set out
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
grandfather; male senior-citizen
my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
royal castle; imperial castle
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
indescribable; having no way to express
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
grandchild from a daughter married into another family
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
senility; dotage; decrepitude
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
direct descent; direct line
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society