to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
does not; can not; will not
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to be torn off; to come off
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
predation; eating prey; preying upon
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
intuition; instinct; hunch
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
retirement (from the world); seclusion
to keep standing; to stand motionless
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball
strange incident; unusual occurrence; rare event; grave (and unexpected) incident; serious event; accident
feigned innocence; feigned gentleness; fake modesty; feigned ignorance; playing dumb
state of lethargy; absolute bewilderment; daze; mental numbness
abandoned child; foundling
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
lot number; house number; address; residence; address; memory address
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose
self-centered; self-centred; selfish