in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to take back; to recapture
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
sympathy; empathy; response
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to say; to be pleased to say
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
image; figure; figure; form; image
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
heart; guts; nerve; central part
ringing; throbbing violently
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
(not) even once; (not) ever
never mind!; don't worry about it
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
odd piece; incomplete set; odds and ends