to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to bend (with great force); to twist; to wrench; to distort (the truth)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
such; this sort of; like this
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
secret; private; surreptitious
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
this world; this life; world of the living
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
family; members of a family
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
people; men and women; each person; everybody
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome