to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
to shake; to sway; to waver
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to stiffen; to become stiff
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to repeat; to do something over again
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to turn towards; to point
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to come off; to slip down; to slip off