tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
conviction; belief; confidence
to crumble away; to collapse
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
assertion; declaration; affirmation
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
binoculars; field glasses
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
light; right; right field; right fielder
flash (of light); glint; schiller
remembrance; recollection; recognition
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
house; dwelling; human habitation
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on