to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to press a question; to cross-examine
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
now that; since; so long as; because
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to breathe while sleeping
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
that; the matter in question
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time