to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
weight; heavyweight boxer
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
dull sound; muffled sound
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
a lick; one lick; engulfing (e.g. of fire); enveloping; consuming
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
immediately; right away; on the spot
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to fight against; to oppose; to face
torture to death; torment to death
choices; alternatives; options
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to become pale; to turn pale
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak