for dear life; barely escaping alive
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)
pike (freshwater fish, Esox sp.)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to be able to manage somehow or another
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
to use up all one's strength
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to be conspicuous; to stand out
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
sympathy; compassion; pity
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
north wind; northerly wind
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
to jump from one thing to another