private; personal life; (one's) privacy
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
locker room; changing room; dressing room
indecent talk; obscene talk; lewd conversation; dirty story; smut
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
chamfering; beveling; bevelling; rounding the edges (of a vegetable); trimming the corners
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
defense; defence; protection
(clenched) fist; knuckles
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility
overconfident; presumptuous
watchful waiting; careful supervision
nothing but; except; no more than
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
beauty contest; beauty pageant
champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder
literary world; literary circles
art of self-defense (defence)
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to stop oneself from crying; to hold back tears
the literary world; literary circles
government body; government agency
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
too few; too little; insufficient
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
another dimension; different level; whole other level