meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
and also; and on top of that; so (I take it that ...); then ...; (arch.) in that case; (arch.) if so
newcomer; initiate; rookie
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to be flexible; to be accommodating
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
armour (e.g. tank); armor
massing (of troops); gathering
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
tank (military vehicle); chariot
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn