vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to hide; to keep to oneself
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
this is why; this means; it is the case that
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
university student; college student
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to form a circle; to stand in a circle
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment