hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
leader of a delegation (body, party)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
to become vulgar; to coarsen
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
with no effort at all; easily
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
around the clock; day and night
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
body; physical system; (the) person
rare; uncommon; not often seen
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to have (something) innate; to be born with
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
to take a veneer off something
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to succeed; to bear fruit
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
number of (large) animals
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up