brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
before ... days (months, etc.)
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
starvation; famine; hunger
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
several years; a few years
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to bite off; to gnaw through
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
first attack; first strike; first blow
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
yoke; constraints; oppression
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)