main question; real issue at hand
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to break the silence; to break one's silence
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to name; to call; to christen; to term
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
death match (pro wrestling); deathmatch; fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to look forward to something
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
beginning; outset; first; onset
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
directly opposite; right in front
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
witnessing; observing; sighting
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)