gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
in that way; like that; that way
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to harm; to cause harm to
sincere; honest; faithful
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
reason; cause; history; origin
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
question; inquiry; enquiry
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
point of compromise; common ground
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to be too numerous; to be too much
reset; fresh start; new beginning
as before; as ever; as it was originally
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge