to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
forgetting; lapse of memory
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
to take a step backward; to retreat a step
chatter; prattle; lapping (up); slurping; sound of juicy food being bitten into
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
predation; eating prey; preying upon
cannibalism; anthropophagism
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
younger scholar; future reference
main force; brute force; strong-arm
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
each (every) time; whenever
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
to decide the outcome (e.g. game); to be very different; to be sharply contrasted
(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability
(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
nameless; anonymous; without name
superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn