meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
common front; united front
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
to triumph; to be elated with success
looking back; worry; anxiety
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
difficult problem; challenge
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
curl; curly hair; ringlet
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
verbal promise; one's word
to come to an end; to close the curtain
degenerate monk; corrupt priest
family which supports a temple; parishioner
to make an appeal; to urge
to rebuke strongly; to tell off
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to put one's strength into
non-slip device (material, tread, etc.); non-skid; anti-slip; back-up option (esp. with regard to university admissions); back-up choice; insurance choice
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
initial value; initializing value; default value
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
ignoring (somebody); ostracizing; leaving (someone) out
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
pull together!; give it your best shot!; let's do this!
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess