Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); wild dog
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
kind; sort; species; species
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
body; physique; build; stature
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
living thing; organism; creature; biology
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
invisibly; secretly; privately
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to go past; to pass; to pass by
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying