hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
covered in mud; mud-caked
three; three years of age
useful thing; usable article
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
thereupon; shortly thereafter
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
all night; throughout the night
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
price; cost; value; worth; value
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to detain; to check; to restrain
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
you can never be too careful
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
in search of; in order to look for
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
should; must; -able; probably; likely
boy; son; baby boy; young man
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back