advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to stay calm; to keep cool
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
going through; going via; going by way of
several sheets (flat objects)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
entry into port; arriving in harbor
small hill; low hill; hillock
ex-husband; former husband
junior high school student; middle school pupil
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
memory; sense; experience
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment