deadly serious; deadly earnest
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
cerebral anemia; cerebral anaemia
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to cut; to slit; to slash
(water-filled) paddy field
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
famous sword; excellent sword
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
fan seppuku; death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to need; to demand; to take; to require
genuine article; real thing; real deal
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond