reason for being; raison d'être
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
human relations; personal relationships
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to frolic about; to mess around
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
about this time; about now
welcome; (warm) reception
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains; bragging; conceit; braggart
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
root; joint; base; crotch
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
streamlined shape; aerodynamic shape
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat