in person; personally; directly
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
contradiction; inconsistency
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to be matched against (in a sports contest)
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
dusk; nightfall; twilight
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
looking pale; looking unwell
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to do for (the sake of someone else)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
upper half of the body; upper body