disintegration; self-destruction
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
absolutely; positively; decidedly
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
discrimination; discernment; identification
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
obscure; vague; ambiguous
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works