ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
root; joint; base; crotch
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to jump upon (a moving object)
go; go go; get to it; up and at 'em
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
great difference; major mistake
to shake off; to throw off
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
huge; enormous; great big
wild beast; wild animal; brute
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender