to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
all parts; various parts; every department
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
(social) position; status
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to need; to demand; to take; to require
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
cooperation; coordination; link
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.); vital point; crux
thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth
to bring back; to restore
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
flustered; confused; panicked