looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
never mind!; don't worry about it
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident
biological older sister; real elder sister
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
other than; excluding; without
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
unsolved; unresolved; unsettled; pending; outstanding
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
legend; folklore; tradition
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
British person; Briton; English person; Englishman; Englishwoman
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other