to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
sentiment; sentimentality
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
pace; tempo; slow and fast; in case of emergency
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
carnivore; carnivorous animal
every person; each one; everybody
to look around; to take a view of
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to take command; to give direction
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open