in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
one by one; one after another; successively
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to thrust away; to send flying
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
under control (e.g. of territory)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross