intimidation; threat; bluster
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
repeatedly; frequently; over and over; exceedingly; sincerely; very much
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
to have one's horizons broadened
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
behind with everything; too late; reactive
circulation; dissemination
reconfirmation; double check
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
V sign (hand gesture); peace sign
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
visual hallucination; vision
suffering (as a result of maltreatment)
to have one's hair stand on end
if you have a mind to do something, you can do it
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
sexual arousal; sexual excitation
losing one's virginity; first-time sex
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
newspaper reporter; print journalist