severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
whatever (the case may be)
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
to relate to; to have one's feelings understood
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
desperately; for one's dear life
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
narrow; thin (sized); slender
plainly; clearly; vividly
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
process; course; mechanism
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
sidewalk café; footpath café