metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
top of the head; crown of the head; vertex; (the) parietal
personage; person (deserving of respect)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to hide; to conceal oneself
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
infancy; childhood; tender age
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
distant place; faraway location; far away
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase