to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to exaggerate; to overstate
ahem; cough-cough; noise in lieu of a comment or contrary view
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to withstand; to be able to endure
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
high place; high ground; height; broad (point of) view
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
perfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
Imperial Guard Division (pre-1945)
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
to behave well; to mind one's manners
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
prime minister; premier; chancellor
reading aloud; recitation
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy