confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
surrounding at a distance
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to abandon; to leave behind
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
military personnel; soldier
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
advance payment; money paid in advance
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to employ; to hire; to charter
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
(social) position; status
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability