opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
working away from home (esp. abroad); person working away from home; migrant worker
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
threat; intimidation; menace
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
common language; lingua franca
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye