tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
attacking method; attacking strategy
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
precarious situation; precarious state
willpower; energy; vitality
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to let one's hair hang down
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
gazing at (in wonderment)
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
right behind; just behind; directly behind
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
university professor; college professor
duty; obligation; responsibility
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to check; to stop; to keep back
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark