skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
pleasant feeling; good vibes
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
to suppress one's emotions
to be worn down; to be reduced
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to search (esp. a home in a police search)
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to wring the neck; to strangle
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
society; the world; the times
cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
cosmetics; toilet articles
manicure; nail polish; nail varnish
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear