to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
squared timber; rectangular lumber
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly; to massage (esp. in sexual contexts)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
intelligence agency; secret service
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
smallish; on the small side
most difficult; next to impossible
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
upper end; top; tip; top edge
to walk away; to saunter off
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
striking; remarkable; considerable
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
to ascend; to go up; to climb
sour look; surly face; pout
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling
covert action; covert operations
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
suddenly; all at once; rapidly
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent