to watch steadily; to stare
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
degeneration; retrogression
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
the world in general; society; convention
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
first year of high school; first-year high school student
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
this and that; one thing or another
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
minority group (party); minority
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
majority group (party, faction)
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally