to await; to wait for; to expect
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey
acceleration; speeding up
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
security; stability; safety; peace
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to be silent; to say nothing
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
power; authority; jurisdiction
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
cessation; (coming to an) end
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained