cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
opinion; intention; thought
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
depression; low spirits; dejection
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to crouch; to squat; to cower
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
the last moment; the very end
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
majestic figure; imposing figure; impressive appearance; magnificent appearance
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
spirits of war dead; person of great ability; soul of a talented person
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
consequently; as a result
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then