to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
devil; evil spirit; genie
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
single-storied house; single-storied building
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
consideration; taking into account
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
(Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to be hot on a person's heels
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast