stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
running as fast as one can
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
very shy person; bashful person
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
courtesy call; courtesy visit
strength of a thousand men; cloth with the character for "strength" written by a thousand men (soldier's charm)
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
smouldering fire; smoldering fire; embers
to eke out a living; to barely manage to get by
breach of faith; breach of trust; act of disloyalty
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; (lit.) to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
wise man; philosopher; sage
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
though; even if; whether ... or ...
meeting hall; assembly hall
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
suspicion (of others); jealousy
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
foreign enemy; outside invader
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
to die out; to become extinct