to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
schematic; schema; illustration; explanatory diagram
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around; to take part in a pitching duel
audible range; hearing range
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
firm; strong; solid; stable
spread; span; expanse; extent
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to escape from; to get out
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
one's long-cherished desire