resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to be harboured (of negative feelings or thoughts); to be rooted in one's mind; to coil; to curl around; to become tangled (e.g. of roots)
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) in one go
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
while; even though; despite
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to escape from; to get out
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls