the art of giving a brief glimpse (of skin, underwear, etc.)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
helper; assistant; help; assistance
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
(in the) confusion (of the moment)
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
cartoon-character costume
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
contrived; false-sounding
diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
periodic; regular; routine
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
roar of the sea; sound of waves
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
senior high school student
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
control; check; restraint; inhibition
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
offender; criminal; culprit
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
murder; killing; murderer
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
to speak ill of; to disparage
heap; pile; stack; full measure