cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
so; like this; in this way
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
eight (long cylindrical things)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon