criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to shake one's head (in denial)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
second day of the month; two days
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
overhasty; rash; premature
declaration; proclamation; announcement
loser; defeated person; the defeated
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
pride; boast; credit (to)
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
unpublished; not yet announced
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
condition; state of preservation
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)