to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
going through; going via; going by way of
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to use (public property) for personal purposes; to use (e.g. politics) for one's own ends; to misappropriate (public money); (arch.) to act selfishly
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
go that far; to that extent
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
planned; scheduled; systematic
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
cannot be helped; unavoidable
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to be used to doing; to be experienced in
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to leave (a scene); to step away
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
because of; owing to; due to
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to develop into a serious incident
to pitch forward; to fall forward
to examine someone's expression
doing whatever one pleases
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)