cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
direct unforked road; straight path
long ago; a long time ago; already
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
in proportion to; according to; depending on
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside; to allocate
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to live through; to survive
accumulation; accumulate; store
to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to shake off; to throw off
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
high speed; rapidity; rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry