push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force
subconsciousness; the subconscious
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
to worsen (the situation); to exacerbate; to aggravate; to look with anger
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
drama queen; (lit.) tragic heroine
crisis prevention; crisis avoidance
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
tear gland; lacrimal gland
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
determination; conviction
to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
fast-talking; always having another argument ready; not able to keep one's mouth shut; never at a loss for words
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
conjugal relations; conjugal affection
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...