to serve; to work for; to attend
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
carrying voice; well-projected voice
arrogant; haughty; calm; placid
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
pointing out; identification
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
sentence structure; grammatical construction
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
risky; dangerous; insecure
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
stop talking nonsense; don't be ridiculous; give me a break
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind