moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
brave warrior; hero; brave man
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
higher rank; better position
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
surface of a board or record
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
optimism; taking an optimistic view
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
there being no use in arguing (about it)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
baton (of command); order; command; direction
concession; conciliation; compromise
to shake; to sway; to waver
calming down; quieting down
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
uncrowned; without rank; having no championship wins; receiving no (major) awards
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...