you could say; you might say; verging on the
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
world; society; people; the public
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
race (of people); type of person
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
working adult; full-fledged member of society
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
nature; property; disposition
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
grasp; catch; understanding
to be able to manage somehow or another
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
this world; this life; world of the living
all one's wisdom; (lit.) bag (full) of wisdom; the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom
participation; joining; entry; adherence
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
proposal; proposition; suggestion
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to telephone; to make a phone call
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to gather; to collect; to assemble
pronunciation; production of sound