to need; to demand; to take; to require
integrity; moral courage; rigidity
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to come to one's senses; to calm down
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to shave off; to scrape off
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to be perturbed; to be agitated
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to strangle; to constrict
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to become better; to improve
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
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
with no effort at all; easily
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to say too much; to go too far
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
if you think about it; come to think of it
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
to have the privilege of doing
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to mix; to blend; to combine