bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
intelligence; intellect; brains
to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
human rights; civil liberties
to harm; to cause harm to
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
body; physical system; (the) person
recommendation; endorsement
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
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
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
elegant words; refined diction; poetic expression; classical poetic language (esp. of the Heian period)
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
using all one's strength; using all one's might
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
in succession; one by one
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to collapse; to flop (onto)
to feel a chill run down one's spine
blow; shock; strike; batting