crossed line; crossing of wires; crosstalk; getting mixed up (of different topics in a conversation); confusion; (talking at) cross-purposes
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
evil spirit (that possesses someone); demon; devil
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
Mito Kōmon (televised period drama; 1969-2011)
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
shame; disgrace; (sexual) violation; rape
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
precarious situation; precarious state
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to order; to command; to appoint
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging