to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
opposite direction; reverse; retrorse
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
manner of using one's hands
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
pair (esp. of mated animals); brace; couple; (anatomical) joint
undifferentiated; unspecialized
gender; distinction of sex; sex
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
foreign enemy; outside invader
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
slave labor; slave labour
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
cooking; food preparation
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
internal organs; intestines; viscera
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature; counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)
sense of touch; sense of being touched; tactile sense
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay