to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
schoolgirl; female student
civic guidance; non-curricular educational guidance; medical guidance
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
agency of fate; power of fate; La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); the force of destiny
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
it is I who should say so
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
leading person; foremost figure
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article