to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
drowning; flood; shipwreck
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
depiction; description; portrayal
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
drop (e.g. of water); drip
guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to begin to walk; to set out
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
to wave a flag; to show the way
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
natural; intrinsic; from birth
nature; property; disposition
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
circulation; dissemination