to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
what kind of; what sort of; what
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
great difference; big difference; wide margin
convenient; expedient; makeshift
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
root; source; origin; cause
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
our country; our land; one's own country
(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
level; standard; water level
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
indicates being the subject or receiver of an action, decision, etc.; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
surgical method; operative method; surgical technique; technique; mechanism of a jutsu
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
death rate; mortality rate
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
to stick it out (until the end)
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
traitor (to one's country); quisling
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently