foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
for a while; for some time; for a period
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
Spain; Spanish (language)
erudition; extensive learning
being very talented and intelligent; talented and intelligent person
the last days; the final years; the last generation
at a young age; while still young
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
assistant ...; probationary ...
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong; self-centred; self-centered
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to have a meal; to take a meal
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
economical; economy size; family size (esp. of packaged food)
illegal channel; back channel; black market
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division