to be scared; to be afraid; to tremble with fear
to get along well together; to be close to each other
climax; peak; zenith; apex
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
discriminatory; discriminative
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
(of skin) to peel off (e.g. from sunburn); to improve; to become more refined
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
crash; smash; crunch; bang
to come crashing down; to crumble to pieces; to collapse completely
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
cavernous body; body of (genital) erectile tissue (incl. corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum)
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
(being) face to face; facing each other
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
not caring; not giving a damn
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away