mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
to step over or across; to overcome
sea of blood; pool of blood
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
street stall; stand; booth
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
suffix for familiar person
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable