to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
to stare back (at); to glare back
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to triumph; to be elated with success
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
willpower; energy; vitality
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
to start to drink; to try to drink; to partially drink
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
terminal (electricity); pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller); port (e.g. LAN port)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
high-pitched tone; soprano
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
musical composition title; song title
I have to do something; that's something I have to do
mouse (esp. laboratory); (computer) mouse; mouth
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
throwing down multiple objects in succession; at once in great numbers