required; needed; necessary
degree of familiarity; popularity
dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
in person; personally; directly
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
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
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
dusk; nightfall; twilight
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
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
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
breastplate; chest protector; bib
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to