aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
official name; formal name
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
loser; defeated person; the defeated
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
silence (not speaking); muteness
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
parts; accessories; components
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
lifelike life-sized doll (made in the late Edo and Meiji periods); doll-like beauty
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
distant place; faraway location; far away
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head