frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
success or failure; outcome; result
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
to escape death; to be saved from death
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to thrust before; to thrust at
sympathy; compassion; pity
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)