drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to discuss; to talk together
intimidation; threat; bluster
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
irrespective of the person concerned; indiscriminately; anyone and everyone; anybody at all
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
called; known as; that; to say
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
the front; honest; upright; decent
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
carefree; free from worry
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion