sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)
anti-establishment; anti-government
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
arsenal; ordnance factory; armoury; armory
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
pre-war days; before the war
irrational (line of) argument
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
sixth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; tapering thinning curve, usually concave left
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
decorum; propriety; politeness
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
international; diplomatic intercourse
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
exquisiteness; charm; beauty; advantage; profit; gain
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
response; less; -less; loess; wrestling; sexless
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err