to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
nervousness; oversensitivity
why; how; for what reason
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
flour; meal; powder; heroin
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
using all one's strength; using all one's might
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to fly around; to scatter
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
to rush back; to run back
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
under the staircase; understairs
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)