to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
unconsciously; without knowing it; unwittingly; unawares
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
direct unforked road; straight path
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
nothing but; except; no more than
already; now; no longer; not any more
looking aside; looking away; (from the) eyes of an onlooker; outsider's view; looking on from the side
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
many; much; plenty; hardly
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
stepping back; drawing back
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
Western person; Westerner
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
laughingstock; butt of ridicule