to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
man; male; masculine gender
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
value; worth; virtue; blessing
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
back off!; leave me alone!
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
reaching; attaining; arrival
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)