desperately; for one's dear life
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
unrealistic; impractical; infeasible; unreal
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to fire into; to shoot into
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to find someone's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
rather than; more ... than ...
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
handle; grip; holder; person who holds
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate