to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
to stay calm; to keep cool
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
the same kind; accomplice; partner
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
magazine (for a firearm); cylinder (of a revolver)
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
to finish reading; to read through
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering