to keep standing; to stand motionless
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
police sergeant (Edo period); low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; opening performer; sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
to tower over the surroundings
thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
in the city; within the city
fortified city; walled city
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
protracted war; war of attrition
absorption; suction; attraction
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
not limited to; not just ...
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
anger; getting angry; taking offense; losing one's temper