evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
originally; by nature; from the start
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
materials; data; document
cooperation; collaboration
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
entry qualifications; joining qualifications
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
ignoring (somebody); ostracizing; leaving (someone) out
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
how others look at you; what others think about you
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
in the meanwhile; during the time
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to half-rise to one's feet
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
all sorts of; all kinds of
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down