to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
and; thereupon; because of that
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
gradually; slowly but steadily
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
from the viewpoint of; according to
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to say no more; to sink into silence
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
same crime; being equally guilty
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
woman; female; feminine gender
to use X as a selling point
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to spit out; to eject; to dump
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
like a decent person; human
to have no chance (of succeeding)
reason; logic; method; system; order
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent