manipulation of information; spin
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
animation; animated film; animated cartoon
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
(ancient) Japan; Yamato kingdom; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture); Yamato (battleship)
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
to be softened; to calm down
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
definite; certain; decided; fixed; settled
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
to become better; to improve
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
at once; immediately; right now
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
to get along; to hit it off; to be on the same page; to work well together; to synchronize
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
on paper; in the newspapers; in a letter
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to put (a topic) up for debate; to lay on the table for consideration; to take up (a subject) for discussion
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
difference; variation; difference