damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
slap (sound of a flat object continuously striking something); splash
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
to become familiar (to one's ears)
valine; (with a) whoomp; smash; crunch
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
to knock down; to knock out
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
loan; lawn (grass); lawn (linen or cotton fabric)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
dull sound; muffled sound
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to close (one's eyes); to shut
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down; to draw on (one's savings, etc.) little by little; to break into (a reserve fund, etc.); to eat into
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light
left-and-right pair; symmetrical pair