helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
legs and loins; lower body; foundations; underpinnings
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
to well up; to burst; to arise
stepwise; one step at a time
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
age thirty; one's thirties
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to mislead; to misguide; to do accidentally; to do by mistake
six (long cylindrical things)
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to kill; to choke the life out of
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
play equipment; playground equipment