cane; walking stick; staff; wand
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
Dirty Hands (1948 play by Jean-Paul Sartre)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
slimy; slippery; greasy; smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
sentiment; sentimentality
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to carry out one's mission
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
fate; destiny; predestination
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to leave (a note, will, etc.) behind; to leave (a manuscript, etc.) unfinished; to leave half-written; to forget to write; to leave out
gray or silver haired (grey)
nickel and copper alloy; cupronickel; nickel coin
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
to begin shooting; to shoot out
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
lightness and heaviness; (relative) weight; (relative) importance; gravity
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
upper side (of a go, chess or othello board)
a dime a dozen; two a penny
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar