insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity
(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
certainly; surely; definitely
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
turn away no one; do not cast out those that come to you
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
arbitrarily; of its own accord; without asking; voluntarily; willfully; as one pleases
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); percentage; commission
non-player character; NPC
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
to get along; to hit it off; to be on the same page; to work well together; to synchronize
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
to hide; to conceal oneself
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere